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The Book of the 
Pageant of Brockton 

Written by 

Suzanne Gary Gruver 




Produced in Connection With the Centennial Celebration of 

the Incorporation of the Town of North Bridgewater, 

Now Brockton, at the Fair Grounds, 

June 15-16, 1921 



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Pageant Direction 



PAGEANT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 

Frank H. Whitmore, Chairman. 
Willard F. Jackson, Executive Secretary. 
Joseph F. Reilly, Corresponding Secretary. 
John N. Howard, Treasurer. 
William A. Bullivant. 
Harry W. Flagg. 
Mrs. S. J. Gruver, 
Warren S. Keith. 
Warren P. Landers. 



PAGEANT DIRECTOR. 
Linwood Taft. 

AUTHOR. 
Suzanne Cary Gruver. 

MUSICAL DIRECTOR. 
George Sawyer Dunham. 



PRODUCTION COMMITTEES. 

BOOK COSTUMES 

William T. Card, Chairman Mrs. M. F. Ellis, Chairman 

Mrs. S. J. Gruver Mrs. J. J. Boyd 

Warren P. Landers {Jr s. W. B Caswell 

Miss Violet Ellis 
Miss Katherine Field 
CAST Miss Marjorie Field 

Mrs. Oscar F. Emery, Chairman Mrs. Charles Groce 

Mrs. W. A. Sampson ^iss Margaret Howard 

n/r a a TTT-iT. Mrs. Erwin Reynolds 

Mrs. A. A. Wilbur Miss Helen L . Tew 

Mrs. Merton Willis Mrs. C. G. Willard 



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Pageant Direction, Continued 



DANCING 

Miss Mary E. Fish, Chairman 

Miss Rubie Capen 

Miss Marie Cote 

Miss Florence Davy 

Miss Ida Horton 

Miss Mae McGee 

LIGHTING 
Harry C. Smith, Chairman 
J. J. Cahill 
L. M. Churbuck 

MAKE UP. 
Edgar P. Howard, Chairman 
Fred Allen 
Mrs. Arthur Blackey 
Mrs. George W. R. Hill 
George W. R. Hill 
Mrs. H. B. Holmes 
George Hull 
Mrs. A. S. Kenney 
Fred W. Sargent 
Mrs. Harold Swain 
Harold Swain 

MUSIC 
George Sawyer Dunham, Chairman 
A. G. Baldwin 
G. A. Boucher 
T. Francis Burke 
J. J. Cahill 
Joseph E. Feeley 
C. Lottie French 
W. E. McGunnigle 
Edward L. Pearson 
Paulin Peterson 
Morris Rafkin 
F. A. Tonis 

PROPERTIES 
LeBaron Atherton, Chairman 
George W. Adams 
U. A. Avery 
Benjamin Taber 



AUTO PARKING 
Fred Drew, Chairman 
F. E. Constans 
P. G. Flint 



PUBLICITY. 
Adrian P. Cote, Chairman 
James H. Burke 
Fred E. Hilton 
Ralph G. Paulding 
Joseph F. Reilly 
Albert G. Smith 

REHEARSALS 
Chester A. Hickman, Chairman 
David Irving 
George W. Livie 

SCENERY 
Emil Lagergren, Chairman 
Giovanni Castano 
Leslie Chamberlain 
Joseph Rodophele 

SINGING 
Miss Harriette M. Perkins, 

Chairman 
John Daley 
Miss Ellen Freberg 
Hjalmar Freberg 
Miss Grace A. James 
Ernest W. Stedman 

STAGE CONSTRUCTION AND 

GROUNDS 
Harry C. Briggs, Chairman 
C. H. Pope 
Edward M. Thompson 

STAGE MANAGEMENT 
William B. Freeman, Chairman 
Alden Howard 
Norman Petrie 
Ernest W. Stedman 



TICKETS 

Edward M. Thompson, Chairman 
Frank L. Crocker 
Ralph P. Jackson 
Horace Mann 



POLICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY 
Louis F. Eaton, Chairman 
Walter Gilday 
Angus Kennedy 



Musical Program 



Under Direction of George Sawyer Dunham. 

Martland's Band. Mace Gay, Director. 
Chorus of 250 Voices. 

I. Wilderness — Dawn. 

Music — Morning from Peer Gynt Suite Grieg 

Tales of the Vienna Woods Strauss 

II. Indian Encampment. 

Music — Dagger Dance from Natoma Herbert 

III. Purchase of Land. 

Music — Indian Intermezzo Moret 

IV. Contest of the First Settler. 

Music — Beautiful Blue Danube Strauss 

Prayer of Thanksgiving (chorus) . . Kremser 

Vision Music — Theme from Pomp and Circum- 
stance Elgar 

V. Church Going. 

Music — The Angelus Massenet 

Bay Psalm Book Hymns (on stage) 

VI. First Town Meeting. 

Music-— Backward, Turn Backward, 0, Time in 

Your Flight Poulton 

VII. Mother Jones' School. 

Singing of the Multiplication Table (on stage) . 

VIII. Quilting Bee. 

Music — Aunt Dinah's Quilting Party (chorus) . 
Virginia Reel. 

IX. Coming of the Railroad. 

Music — Tally Ho Galop Bernstein 

Railroad Galop Missud 

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Musical Program, Continued 

X. Civil War. 

Music — We'll Rally Round the Flag, Boys. . Bradbury 

Just Before the Battle, Mother Root 

We're Coming, Father Abraham (chorus) 

Emerson 

XI. Visit of Christine Nilsson. 

Music — Old Folks at Home Foster 

Sung by the Swedish Lutheran Male Chorus — 
Miss Ellen L. Nelson, Soloist. 

XII. Rechristening the Town. 

Music — Winchester March Burrell 

(Named after Henry Winchester Robinson) 
Auld Lang Syne (chorus). 
Vision Music — Theme from Pomp and Circum- 
stance Elgar 

XIII. Our Poet, Bryant. 

Music — Love and Friendship Brooks 

XIV. The First Brockton Fair. 

Music — Galop at the Fair Burrell 

Bay State Commandery March Burrell 

Second Connecticut March Reeves 

XV. Arrival of the City. 

Music — Pomp and Circumstance March (chorus) 

Elgar 
(With words for the occasion by Mrs. Gruver.) 

XVI. Procession of the Arts. 

Same music as above. 

XVII. Arbitration and Industrial Peace. 

Music — The Conqueror March Tieke 

XVIII. Finale. 

Music — Festal Day Roux 

American Colors Panella 

America Victorious Bagley 

Star Spangled Banner. 
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Episodes and Scenes 



PROLOGUE, The Wilderness 

EPISODE I. 

Scene 1. Indian Encampment Scene 2. Purchase of Land 
Scene 3. The First Settler 

Interlude — Vision of the Coming: Town 

EPISODE II. 

Scene 1. Church Going- Scene 3. Mother Jones' School 

Scene 2. First Town Meeting- Scene 4. The Quilting- Bee 

EPISODE III. 

Scene 1. Coming- of the Railroad 

Scene 2. Civil War Scene 3. Visit of Christine Nilsson 

Scene 4. Rechristenins: the Town 

Interlude — Vision of the Coming- City 

EPISODE IV. 

Scene 1. Our Poet Bryant Scene 2. First Brockton Fair 

Scene 3. Arrival of the City 
Scene 4. Arbitration and Industrial Peace 

FINALE 



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Prologue 



Spirit of Nature : Mrs. John F. Scully- 
Spirits of the Plain, the Forest, and the Rivers 

The Wilderness 

The time is before the coming of the white man. The 
scene represents the plain of the Salisbury, where Brockton 
stands today. Surrounding the plain, are the trees and 
foliage of the primeval forests. 

In the dim light of dawn, Nature, sole ruler of the 
realm, appears and summons forth the Spirits of the Plain. 
In garments of soft green, they respond to the call, weaving 
a dance expressive of peace and joy. Nature now summons 
the Spirits of the Forest to join the dance. They enter joy- 
ously, clad in the browns of the forest trees, and join with 
the Spirits of the Plain in a dance expressing the harmony 
and beauty of unmolested nature. 

The music changes to a more spirited cadence. The 
Forest Spirits, alarmed, hasten to the shelter of their trees. 
Nature and the Spirits of the Plain cease their dance and 
vanish. 

Two Indian braves enter, porting a canoe. They are 
accompanied by a group of Water Spirits clad in the shim- 
mering grey of the rivers. The Spirits dance gracefully 
about the Indians, denoting by their confidence, the ever 
friendly disposition of the primitive red man to the Nature 
Spirits. 



ERRATA 

The Wilderness scene should be credited to The 
Matrons Club, Mrs. William Cholerton, Leader, and 
the following- scene, The Indian Encampment, to The 
Matronalia Club, Mrs. Charles Lawrence, Leader. 



Episode I. Indian Encampment. Scene I. 



Episode I. 



INDIAN ENCAMPMENT 

Meda, a Medicine Man : C. H. Chevigny. 
Chief Ousamequin: David Jewell, Sr. 
Scout: Bradford Alexander. 
Tisquantum : David Jewell, Jr. 
Braves, squaws, hunters and children of the Warn- 
panoag tribe. 

In charge of The Matrons Club. 
Mrs. William Cholerton, Leader. 

From the Indian relics which are exhumed from time to time, it is 
evident that the region of the Salisbury was a favorite camping-ground of 
the red man. A massive stone cave, near the Easton line, on a slope 
known as "Stone House Hill," is generally believed to be of Indian 
construction. 

At the time of Plymouth settlement, southern Massachusetts was 
inhabited by a tribe of Indians called the Wampanoags. They were a 
powerful tribe of the Algonquin stock. They were sometimes known as 
the Poconockets from one of their villages, and again as the Massasoits, 
from their chieftain. They numbered at one period about twenty 
thousand people, and possessed thirty villages. Their Sachem was Mas- 
sasoit or Ousamequin, as he called himself in later years. He was re- 
markable for his honesty and his humaneness. He Was never known to 
violate his word. A treaty of peace which he made with Governor Car- 
ver was preserved for fifty years or until the chieftain's death. He en- 
deavored constantly to maintain peace between his people and the white 
men. 

The Medicine Man occupied a position in primitive tribes second 
only to that of the chieftain. His speech was oracular. He was believed 
to possess a mysterious influence over the good and evil spirits which 
governed all things in life. His duties combined two modern profes- 
sions — the clerical and the medical. 

Indian Encampment. 

Following the arrival of the braves come several squaws 
carrying long poles with which to set up tepees. The Water 
Spirits vanish. The squaws hang their papooses upon the 
trees, and set to work building fires, finishing the tepees, and 
making the camp ready for the arrival of the men. Other 
braves enter and watch the women work. A group of children 

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Episode I. Indian Encampment. Scene I- 

play animal games — leap-frog and the like — shouting and 
laughing lustily. Hunters arrive, bearing trophies of suc- 
cess, a wild goose, a hare, and a deer. The squaws at once set 
to work preparing them. 

Passing across the scene is an old Medicine Man, Meda. 
He is an aged, unkempt type of savage. He gathers herbs and 
sits down before one of the tepees to sort them over. Now 
and then he shakes a stick at the playing children, calling out 
savagely. A scout enters, breathless with running. The men 
gather to hear his message. 

Scout. — He is near, our chief ! Ousamequin ! 

Medicine Man. — Ah! He returns alone? 

Scout. — The white men follow. 

Medicine Man. — As I supposed. More parleyings. Woe 
to us and to our tribe, if our chieftain hearkens to them ! 

Scout. — See, he comes! And Tisquantum! 

Medicine Man. — He of the double tongues! The mouth- 
piece of the White Devils! Woe to those who listen to him! 

(The Chief, Ousamequin, enters, accompanied by Tisquantum, 
interpreter to the white men.) 

Chief (handing his heavy bow and other trappings to a 
squaw.) — Let the camp fire be stirred to new brightness; 
Friends are at hand- 

Bring forth the Calumet. Our white brothers will sit 
in council with us. 

Medicine Man. — Stay, Chieftain! You call them 
"brothers"? I say — Devils, with their thunders and their 
lightnings ! Wizards, with their guns and powder. Stay this 
word of welcome, I pray you. No good can befall our tribe 
from dealing with these strangers. 

(The Scout hesitates.) 
Chief (sternly). — Go! 'Tis I who command! I, the chief- 
tain. Is Ousamequin to be thwarted by an old man's foolish 
murmurs? The white men will deal fairly with us. They 
pay well for all they take from us. Go ! Bid them welcome to 
our council. 

(The Scout hurries off.) 

Medicine Man (muttering) — Not the first time they have 
sought to barter with us. Not the first time I have warned 
our Chief of danger. 

Chief. — You speak truth, Meda. Your warnings are 

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Episode I. Indian Encampment. Scene L 

many. They have grown wearisome to my ears. Am I not a 
Great Chieftain? Sachem over many people? Have we not 
vast hunting-grounds and forests ? See our maize-fields ! Our 
rivers, filled with pike, and herring, and beaver 1 Is not 
Ousamequin's a vast dominion? 



Prophecy of the Medicine Man. 

Great Spirit, spare this boasting ! 
Send not wrath upon us for it ! 
Ousamequin, though you heed not, 
Yet once more I speak in warning. 
In a vision I have seen it — 
Seen the white man's foot encroaching. 
Seen the harvest of Mondamin 
Garnered by the hands of strangers. 
Seen the fish within our rivers, 
Leaping to the call of aliens. 
Soon our camp fires will be darkened- 
Toward the sunset we must wander. 
Like the wild fowl, homeless, seeking 
Where we may, a moment's shelter. 
Soon like leaves, our tribe will scatter, 
Soon, like smoke, blown from the peace-pipe. 
Drifting toward the red horizon, 
Ever further, thinner, paler, 
Till the eye no more discern it. 
So the mighty Wampanoags 
In the setting sun shall vanish — 
Vanish from their father's empire, 
In the darkness of Oblivion. 



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Episode I. Purchase of the Land. Scene II. 

PURCHASE OF THE LAND 

Episode I. — Scene II. 

Captain Myles Standish : Charles C. Carr. 
Constant Southworth : Harold Whitcomb. 
Samuel Nash: Harry Norman. 
First Settler: Fred Arnold. 
Wife : Mrs. Elsie R. Clough. 
Child: Pearl Blanchard. 
Duxbury men in attendance, new proprietors of the land. 

In charge of The Press Club. 
William G. Kilner, Leader. 

On March 23, 1649, a group of Duxbury men negotiated with Chief 
Ousamequin the purchase of "a tract of land usually called Satucket." 
A document had been drawn up describing this tract of land in detail. 
It embraced the territory now known as Brockton, East Bridgewater, 
West Bridgewater, Bridgewater, and a portion of Titicut. The transac- 
tion is believed to have taken place at Sachem's Rock, East Bridgewater. 
Captain Standish, Samuel Nash and Constant Southworth acted as com- 
missioners to make the purchase for the town of Duxbury. The price 
paid was "7 coats, a yard and a half in a coat, 9 hatchets, 8 hoes, 20 
knives, 4 moose-skins, 10 yards and a half of cotton" — a sum, all told, 
equal to not more than thirty dollars. 

Chief Ousamequin affixed his mark to the deed in the shape of a 
hand. The original deed is in existence today, a much-prized possession 
of the Old Bridgewater Historical Society. 

The ceremony of smoking the Calumet or peace-pipe was practised 
by the North American Indians, in much the same way as the flag of 
truce is used by other nations. To accept it, was to agree to the terms 
proposed; to decline it, was to reject them. It was also passed about to 
be smoked in honor of the visit of some distinguished guest. Red soap- 
stone was the preferred material for the bowl, with a long reed for the 
stem. Feathers or painted hieroglyphics, according to the taste of the 
tribe, usually adorned the stem. 

Purchase of the Land. 

A trumpet heralds the approach of the white men. The 
Scout conducts them to the presence of Chief Ousamequin. 
Tisquantum, the interpreter, takes his place near by. 

Captain Standish heads the commission. He has sword 
half drawn as he advances — for the "doughty Captain" was 
ever a fighter — but, at a signal from Ousamequin, he sheathes 
it. 

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Episode I. Purchase of the Land. Scene II. 

Chief. — Welcome, Duxbury men! You come in friend- 
ship. Let us display no emblems of war. 

Standish. — You speak fairly, Great Chieftain. We wish 
to deal fairly with you. 

Chief. — I see you have brought goods (indicating the ar- 
ticles carried by the attendants) . Are they for barter? 

Standish. — Aye, if it be your pleasure. We wish to pro- 
pose an exchange. 

Chief. — Let us sit together in council. We will smoke the 
Pipe of Peace, and consider. Bring hither the Calumet ! 

(A brave brings forward the ceremonial pipe with dec- 
orated stem, and presents it to the Chief. A squaw lights it 
for him from the camp fire. The ceremony of the Calumet 
begins. But the Medicine Man will have none of it. He with- 
draws to a distance from the circle, muttering to himself and 
casting glances of animosity toward the white men.) 

Standish (to one of his men who hesitates to smoke the 
proffered pipe) . — Come, come, it is a heathen custom, I know, 
but we do well to conform to it on this occasion. (All smoke 
in turn.) 

Chief (as the ceremony is concluded). — You have come, 
you say, to barter with us? What proposal have you to 
make? 

Standish. — You have vast lands, Great Chieftain — far 
greater than you require. The Duxbury men have need of 
more. Can you not sell them a portion? 

Chief. — What will you offer for them? 

Standish (to the attendants) . — Bring forward the goods 
we have to exchange. 

Chief (viewing the articles). — You have coats, I see, and 
rolls of cotton. 

Standish. — Aye, seven made coats, and ten yards and a 
half of cotton. 

Chief — How much land do you desire? 

Standish (producing the document). — Here is the writ- 
ing. The tract is called "Satucket." From the weir, we wish 
to purchase seven miles in each direction — to the North, to the 
South, to the East and to the West. 

Chief. — These lands are an inheritance from my fathers. 
It might anger the Great Spirit, should I part with them. 

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Episode I. Purchase of the Land* Scene II. 

Standish. — We will offer more. Here are moose-skins, 
and hatchets in addition ; knives, twenty of them for your hunt- 
ers ; hoes, to make light work in your corn fields. 

Chief. — We value the friendship of the white men. We 
will accept your offer. 

(The Medicine Man is seen appealing to the Great Spirit 
again.) 

Standish. — Will you set your mark to this agreement? 
Here — (indicating the place for signing). 

(The chief takes the quill and draws a mark resembling 
a hand). 

Standish. — That concludes the purchase. We will leave 
these goods for you. The new proprietors will come to take 
possession of their land at once. 

(The Indians begin to break camp sadly. The early set- 
tlers in Pilgrim garb begin to arrive. The Indians steal away. 
The new proprietors divide in pantomime the lands. One set- 
tler, with wife and child, remain in possession of the tract de- 
picted in the scene) . 

Note. — This tract of land was divided into fifty-four shares, the 
Duxbury inhabitants agreeing among themselves as to its division. The 
original proprietors, each holding one share of the land, were: William 
Bradford, William Merrick, John Bradford, Abraham Pierce, John Rog- 
ers, George Partridge, John Starr, William Collier, Christopher Wads- 
worth, Edward Hall, Nicholas Robbins, Thomas Hayward, Ralph Par- 
tridge, Nathaniel Willis, John Willis, Thomas Bonney, Miles Standish, 
Love Brewster, John Paybody, William Paybody, Francis Sprague, Wil- 
liam Bassett, John Washburn, John Washburn, Jr., John Ames, Thomas 
Gannett, William Brett, Edmund Hunt, William Clarke, William Ford, 
Constant Southworth, John Cary, Edmund Weston, Samuel Tompkins, 
Edmund Chandler, Moses Simmons, John Irish, Philip Delano, Arthur 
Harris, John Alden, John Forbes, Samuel Nash, Abraham Sampson, 
George Soule, Experience Mitchell, Henry Howland, Henry Sampson, 
John Brown, John Howard, Francis West, William Tubbs, James Len- 
dall, Samuel Eaton, Solomon Leonard. There were two more shares 
added later, one to Rev. James Keith the other to Deacon David Fdson. 



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Episode I. The First Settler. Scene HI. 

THE FIRST SETTLER 

Episode I. — Scene III. 

Nature: Mrs. J. F. Scully. 
North Wind : Marie Cote. 
South Wind : Ida Horton. 
East Wind: Florence Davy. 
West Wind: E. Rubie Capen. 
The Four Seasons. 

In charge of The South Parish Club. 
Miss Alice Shurtleff, Leader. 

Not the least of the difficulties that were encountered by the early 
settlers was the climate. With what amounted on occasions to practi- 
cally "all four seasons in one day," and with the terrible severity of the 
winters, an amazing amount of courage was necessary to sustain the 
colonists in their purpose. 

The scene is an allegory of the Settler and the New Eng- 
land Climate. The settler lifts his axe to fell a tree. Out rush 
the Forest Spirits in alarm. Nature arrives to remonstrate 
with the vandal. The white man, however, has not the great 
respect for Nature possessed by the red man. So he continues 
his work of destruction. Nature determines to use her forces 
to restrain him. She summons first her Four Winds. They 
arrive from the four points of the compass — the North Wind 
in white ; the South, in yellow ; the East, in grey ; the West, in 
crimson. With floating scarfs, they surround the settler. His 
work is retarded, but he is not dismayed. Then Nature calls 
upon the Seasons to essay their powers. Winter arrives, led 
by the North Wind. Snow and Ice surround the settler. 

We see him endeavoring to escape their grasp. Nature, 
seeing that he will not yield to Snow and Ice, calls forth the 
Heat and Drought of summer. Dancers in yellow and flame- 
colored garments appear. Before their presence, the winter 
melts away. Heat and Drought attack the little group. The 
man removes his coat. The child falls parching with thirst 
*pon the bank. The mother prays for rain. 

Unheeding Nature summons now a third power — the 
East Wind. Dancers in grey representing the clouds and rain 
brought by the East Wind answer the call. Instead of dis- 

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Episode I. The First Settler. Scene III. 

couraging the Settler, the rain brings relief. The clouds dis- 
appear. The child jumps up joyfully. The man falls to work 
again. 

The one remaining power — the West Wind — is sum- 
moned. She advances, bringing the Autumn and the Harvest. 
Dancers in crimson and purple, tossing apples and fruits, 
bring reward to the persevering settler- 

As the dancers disappear, the little group gather to offer 
thanks for their preservation and for the bountiful harvest. 

Interlude — Vision of the Coming Town. 

To the Settler, looking toward the future, appears a 
Vision. A shrouded female figure emerges from the back- 
ground. It is a symbol of the Town that is to be. Silent, mo- 
tionless, she stands, as if waiting for the years to elapse, and 
the coming of the brave spirits that are to give her life. 



Vision of the Town To Be 

Mrs. Roger Keith. 



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Episode II. The North Parish of Bridgewater. Scene I. 



Episode II. 



THE NORTH PARISH OF BRIDGEWATER 

Rev. John Porter : Warren P. Landers. 

Mrs. Porter: Mrs. Edward Plummer. 

Children : Ruth E. Vaughn, Harriet Chase, 
Pauline Chase, Philip S. Holmes, 
Eldon Briggs, Barbara Drake, 
Alonzo Johnson, Charles Tallon. 

Tithing Man : Emory Wixon. 

Man and Wife (riding pillion) : 

Budd D. Colwell, Madaleine Ellis. 

Deacons : 

Captain Isaac Packard : Charles Barden. 

Dr. Philip Bryant: Robert F. Keene. 

Captain Barnabas Howard: Walter Lovejoy. 

Issacher Snell, Esq. : Allison Baldwin. 

Josiah Perkins: Henry Perkins. 

Jabez Field : Dwight Powell. 

Abia Keith : Chandler D. Hall. 

Henry Kingman — Edward Plummer. 

Deacon Edson : Jesse F. Perkins. 

Members of the Parish Church. 

In charge of The Colonial and Porter Clubs. 
Mrs. Budd D. Colwell, Leader. 

Church Going. 

The Meeting House was the Community Centre of former days. 
People traveled from a distance to attend worship. There were services 
several hours long both forenoon and afternoon. Prayers were from 
one to two hours in length. The congregation had no singing books, so 
the hymns were lined out by deacons — a line being read first by a deacon 
and then sung by the congregation standing. A hymn so "deaconed" 
frequently consumed half an hour. The first meeting house in the 
North Parish was built in 1737, on the site of the present Parish Block. 
Reverend John Porter — a Harvard graduate of 1736 — was the first 
minister in the North Parish. Born in 1716, his ministry in the parish 
lasted from 1740 until his death in 1802. A biographer records that "to 
the influence of this good man more than to any other thing is the 
community indebted for the love of order, industry, economy, enterprise, 

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Episode II. The North Parish of Bridgewater. Scene I. 

and religious character of many descendants of his people. His in- 
fluence had very much to do with the formation of the character of the 
early inhabitants of North Bridgewater." 



COLONIAL PERIOD. 1760-1780. 

A church bell is heard ringing in the distance, summon- 
ing the people of the North Parish to the Sunday service. Old 
and young alike obey the summons. Deacons David Edson 
and Jonathan Cary enter, solemnly discussing the parish 
needs. They are followed by the women and children of their 
families. Other parishioners follow. The children carry their 
shoes in their hands, sitting down as they near the church to 
put them on. Several of the younger women wear coarse 
shoes, which they exchange for the better ones they carry. 

The Tithing Man appears with a long stick. Two children 
momentarily forget the solemnity of the day and are discov- 
ered smiling and whispering. The Tithing Man promptly re- 
minds them of their indecorum. 

A man and wife appear riding horseback pillion style. 
Last of all comes the minister of the parish, the Reverend 
John Porter. His head is bent over the Bible, which he holds. 
Mrs. Porter and the eight children follow. 

As the group is assembled, they gather to sing a hymn 
from the Bay Psalm Book. The singing is "deaconed" in the 
Colonial manner. 



Episode II. The First Town Meeting. Scene II. 

THE FIRST TOWN MEETING 
July 4, 1821. 

Episode II. — Scene II. 

Caleb Howard, Justice of Peace: 

Edgar P. Howard. 
Lemuel French: Fred R. French. 
Joseph Sylvester, Moderator: 

C. Carrol King. 
Col. Edward Southworth, Town Clerk : 

Loyed E. Chamberlain. 
Abel Kingman, Selectman: Albert F. Barker. 
Howard Cary, Selectman : George H. Cary. 
Capt. Zachariah Gurney, Selectman : 

George N. Gordon. 
Benjamin Ames, Constable: Burton Stewart. 
Eliphalet Kingman : Francis C. Kingman. 
Rev. Daniel Huntington: M. A. Davis. 
Storekeeper : Robert C. Fraser. 
Doctor: George A. Thatcher. 
Innkeeper: George H. Priest. 
Storekeeper: Paul S. Jones. 
Storekeeper : Harry H. Williams. « 

Lawyer: Bernard Saxton. 
Prominent Citizen : J. Frank Beal. 
Doctor : Horace A. Keith. 
Notary Public and Justice of Peace : 

Harold C. Keith. 
Farmers, Laborers and other voters. 

In Charge of the Rotary Club. 
Horace Richmond, Leader. 

In 1819, members of the North Parish petitioned the legislature to 
be set off as a separate township from the mother town of Bridgewater, 
stating as their reason that "nearly 300 voters belong to the North 
Precinct and have to travel from five to seven miles to attend town 
meetings over a piece of way very bad in the months of March and April." 
Various remonstrances were presented, but later withdrawn. On June 
15, 1821, a bill to incorporate the North Parish into a separate town by 
the name of North Bridgewater was passed by both houses. The first 
town meeting was held in the First Parish Church, July 4, 1821, at one 
o'clock in the afternoon. About 200 voters were present. 

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Episode II. The First Toivn Meeting. Scene II. 

Freeholders or freemen of a town were those with full political 
privileges. In certain states as late as 1841 no one was allowed to vote 
for town or state officers unless he possessed an amount of real estate 
of a prescribed value. 

Hog-reeves were hog constables, whose duty it was to look after 
stray swine. 

Field Drivers were officers charged with the care of stray cattle 
and the protection of fields against them. 

The Village Pound was for some years on the Green in front of the 
Meeting-House. Here any trespassing live-stock was driven to be safe- 
guarded until redeemed by the owner. 

A warrant of the first meeting is read in a loud voice by 
e Justice of the Peace, Caleb Howard, as he moves alo g 
village street. 

"In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, all 
freeholders and other inhabitants of the town of North Bridge- 
water qualified by law to vote for town officers, are hereby 
warned to meet and assemble at the public meeting-house in 
said town, on Wednesday, the fourth day of July, at one 
o'clock in the afternoon, for the following purposes : — 

"1st — To choose a moderator for said meeting. 

"2nd — To choose all such town officers that towns are re- 
quired by law to choose or appoint at their annual town meet- 
ings. 

"Application made by Mr. Lemuel French and nine other 
freehold inhabitants of said town." 

The voters assemble. They are from various stations in 
life: — the Squire, the laboring man, the farmer. Reverend 
Daniel Huntington opens the meeting with prayer. Nomina- 
tions for Moderator are made. Joseph Sylvester is elected to 
the office. Col. Edward Southworth is elected Town Clerk. 
The Justice of Peace administers the oath of office. Three Se- 
lectmen are chosen — Abel Kingman, Esq., Howard Cary, Esq., 
and Capt. Zachariah Gurney. 

Col. Southworth is elected Town Treasurer; Benjamin 
Ames is elected Constable, and Caleb Howard, Esq., Eliphalet 
Kingman, and Howard Cary, Esq., as Committee on Accounts. 

Other elections were 16 "Surveyors of Highways," 8 
"Hogreeves," 6 "Surveyors of Lumber," 16 "Field Drivers," 3 
Tithing Men, 3 "Fence Viewers," 1 "Pound Keeper," 2 "Meas- 
urers of Wool." 

After the election there are congratulations for the new 
officers, and dispersing. Town Meeting cake and cider are for 

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Episode II. The First Town Meeting. Scene II. 

sale on the green outside the Meeting House, displayed on 
carts. They are obviously enjoyed by the voters and Town 
Fathers as they pass by. 



Micah Faxon, the first shoe manufacturer : 
Fred S. Faxon. 

Micah Faxon has entered with a small stool and a sack of 
shoes. He sits down by the village street to work. One of the 
newly-elected townsmen pauses to inquire about a new pair of 
shoes which he desires made. Micah Faxon measures his foot. 
Then, explaining that he is about to start for Boston with the 
sackful of finished products, he promises to obtain leather for 
the new pair while in the city. He untethers his horse, tosses 
the sack of shoes across the saddle, mounts, and rides off in 
the direction of Boston. 



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Episode II. Mother Jo-nes* School. Scene III. 

MOTHER JONES' SCHOOL 

Episode II. — Scene III. 
Mrs. Nathan Jones: Arlena Russell. 
AND PUPILS 

In charge of The Grade Teachers' Club. 
Miss Persis H. Maxson, Leader. 

In the early days of the Town, 1821-1827, public schools were main- 
tained for periods of six to eight weeks only during the year. Grades 
were unmistakably "mixed." With such scant educational provision, most 
families of the town welcomed the opportunity for more prolonged in- 
struction offered by small private "home schools," where young pupils 
were at least safe under a motherly eye for some hours daily. For thirty- 
six years — from 1831 to 1867 — Mrs. Nathan Jones conducted such an in- 
stitution in the kitchen of her cottage home on Main street, near the 
present Ward street corner. Here many present-day Brocktonians — chil- 
dren at that period — learned their alphabet and multiplication table. The 
studying was done aloud, most frequently chanted in unison to some 
familiar tune. The number of pupils was usually about twenty, each 
paying the modest sum of twelve cents a week for instruction. The 
town appropriation of $825 for public schools in 1821, compared ~'ith 
$623,300 appropriated last year — 1920 — is a notable illustrr.t',n of 
progress in a commendable direction. 

Mrs. Jones, plump and matronly, rings the bell to as- 
semble the pupils for the beginning of the morning session. 
They arrive briskly or slothfully, according to the disposition. 
There are about twenty of them of various sizes and ages. 
Mrs. Jones proceeds to "line them up" for spelling. The word 
"victuals" is selected by the teacher as one having more than 
an average number of pitfalls for the unwary. Disastrous 
results are not surprising. As one pupil after another exer- 
cises his imagination in attacking the spelling of the word, and 
is met — he feels exultantly — with "wrong!" — he is sent to the 
foot of the line. One small boy is kept so steadily going down 
that his blunders must be made a warning to the other pupils, 
so a dunce cap marks him as an object of ignominy. 

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Episode II. Mother Jones* School. Scene HI. 

The scene ends with the singing in unison of the multipli- 
cation table to the tune of "Yankee Doodle." 

"Five times five are twenty-five, 

Five times six are thirty, 

Five times seven are thirty-five, 

And five times eight are forty." 
and so on to the end of the tune. The session ended, the pupils 
rush joyously forth for recess. 



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Episode II. Social Life in the North Parish. Scene IV. 
SOCIAL LIFE IN THE NORTH PARISH 

Episode II. — Scene IV. 

Mistress Kingman : Mrs. Charles R. Storey. 
Mr. Kingman : Charles R. Storey. 
Fiddler : Laurence C. Shaw. 

Quilters, children, husbands, and beaux. 

In charge of The Ten Times One Club. 
Mrs. Sprague Baker, Leader. 

THE QUILTING BEE. 

Thrift and Co-Operation were notable characteristics of the early 
inhabitants of the town. Neighbors often joined together in raising a 
building, spinning flax or husking corn. Such occasions offered an op- 
portunity for combining industry with pleasure. When a housewife 
wished to make a bedquilt, she invited her neighbors to a "quilting bee." 
The women went early in the afternoon, taking with them the younger 
children. 

The patchwork to be quilted was stretched upon a wooden frame, 
about which a dozen quilters could sit sociably. Tiny running stitches 
were taken in some chosen design until the layers of the quilt were se- 
cured, and the entire surface decorated with the fine hand-run pattern. 
As the work progressed, the finished portion was rolled upon the frame, 
thus bringing the workers gradually closer together. 

When young girls participated in the work there was much rivalry 
as to who should be the one to take the last stitch, this being held an 
indication of the one who would first be married. 

The scene represents a gathering at the Kingman home 
in the North Parish. Mistress Kingman has invited her 
neighbors to join her in a Quilting Bee. The hostess greets the 
women as they arrive. They wear their "best silks" in honor 
of the occasion. A number of mothers have brought their lit- 
tle girls, who, cautioned that "Satan will find mischief for idle 
hands to do," are set to work cross-stitching samplers or knit- 
ting stockings for the coming winter. 

A group of women bring in the quilting-f rame. The quilt 
is already stretched upon it ready for the adornment of the 
hand-stitching. A dozen or more women gather about the 
frame to complete the work. One young girl proudly an- 
nounces that she has been the fortunate one to place the final 

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Episode II. Social Life in the North Parish. Scene IV. 

stitch. She receives congratulations from the older women; 
looks of envy, possibly, from the younger ones ! 

Tea-time arrives, and with it the husbands and beaux. 
The neighborhood fiddler is welcomed. The younger children 
are taken home or put to bed, not always willingly, it ap- 
pears, in spite of their strict New England training. 

"Gentlemen, take partners for the Reel," is the call from 
the fiddler, announcing the beginning of the merriment. The 
fiddler strikes up a rollicking air, often the "Money Musk." 
"Gentlemen, salute your partners," occasions a deal of exag- 
gerated bowing and scraping. The dance gains zest as it pro- 
ceeds, agility and ingenuity of execution being held in higher 
favor than mere grace. 



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Episode HI, Coming of the Railroad. Scene L 




COMING OF THE RAILROAD 

Shoe Manufacturer : Lester E. Packard. 

An Old Lady : Mrs. Clinton W. Delano. 

Postmaster Southworth : Chester C. Gilbert, 

Citizen: S. Leland Lownds. 

Stage Driver, Jabez Gould: F. Ernest Mackie. 

A Surveyor: G. Ernest Spear. 

A Small Boy: Ralph Spear. 

Station Agent Bennett : Norman Petrie. 

Factory employees, men and women of the town, 
workmen from the new road. 

In Charge of the Maids and Matrons Club. 
Mrs. George Keyes, Leader. 

Probably no single event contributes more directly to the material 
upbuilding of a town than the introduction of the railroad. 

For some years previous to 1844, when the project was started to 
give North Bridgewater railroad facilities, manufacturers and mer- 
chants had experienced the handicap of inadequate transportation. Mail 
coaches and baggage wagons drawn by two or four horses were the speed- 
iest means of communication with Boston and the outside world. The 
service of the old-time stage coach, although improved by the running 
of a daily stage, instead of the earlier tri-weekly coach, was far from 
satisfying the demands of the ambitious and expanding town. 

In 1844 and '45 a number of progressive citizens asked for and 
were granted a charter to build a railroad from the terminus of the 
Old Colony line at South Braintree, through North Bridgewater to 
Bridgewater, connecting with the Middleboro and Bridgewater rail- 
road then existing, and thus giving the town direct communication with 
Boston and Fall River. The new line was completed in 1846, and the 
first trains began running in December of the same year. The road 
was known as the "Old Colony Railroad" for many years, but later 
became merged in the New York, New Haven and Hartford system, 
and is known by that name today. 

The scene is in front of the Postoffice of the "Centre Vil- 
lage." The office at this time was located in Mr. Southworth's 
general store at the corner of Main and Ward streets, the site 
of the present Marston building. 

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Episode III. Coming of the Railroad. Scene I. 

A group of townspeople gather to await the arrival of 
the stage from Boston. The manufacturer consults a bulky 
silver watch from time to time. 

Manufacturer (to employees who accompany him) . — It's 
well nigh intolerable — such delays with our leather ! The stage 
is two hours late already. 

Old Lady (with basket on her arm) . — It all comes from 
trying to rush things so. I don't know what the world is com- 
ing to! Running this mail-coach every day — no wonder it 
tempts Providence. Colonel Jones never had such trouble 
when he was driving the line. 

Citizen. — But a mail-coach only three times a week for 
a growing town was impossible ! Mercifully we've got beyond 
those dark ages now ! 

Manufacturer. — But we're not where we ought to be yet. 
Until North Bridgewater has railroad connections, we'll be 
behind the times. We can't begin to do the business we 
should if we had an even chance with railroad towns. 

Postmaster. — Still, business has picked up considerable 
here in the Postoffice lately. Close to a hundred dollar income 
last year! 

Manufacturer. — Wait till the new road is opened, and 
you'll see it triple. 

Small Boy (looking off toward the north). — Hi! The 
stage is coming ! Look, here she is ! 

(An old-fashioned stage coach brings up before the 
group at the Postoffice. The driver gets down, handing the 
Postmaster a small sack of mail, and the manufacturer two 
or three sides of leather. The Postmaster looks over letters 
and deals out several to bystanders. The manufacturer passes 
over the leather to the waiting employees, who at once hasten 
off with it.) 

Stage Driver (wiping a perspiring brow).: — Guess my 
business is about played out. They say the new road's getting 
ready to open for trade. (Pats horse.) You won't stand much 
show against them steam engines, Billy. 

Old Lady. — 'Twill be a long time, Jabez, afore they find 
anything can equal horses. As for them dizzying trains, I, for 
one, will never risk my life in 'em. Why, they tell me some o' 
them goes at the rate of twenty miles an hour ! Think of that ! 

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Episode III. Coming of the Railroad. Scene I. 

Manufacturer. — Yes, do think of it, and what it will mean 
to the town when we can send our goods at such speed either 
north or south ! 

(A Surveyor and crew of workmen are seen approaching.) 

Stage Driver. — Here come the workmen from the line 
now. (To the leader) Work isn't finished, is it? 

Surveyor. — Yes, sir. We're going to put the first train 
through today. 

Small Boy (jumping up and down) . — Golly, ain't it great? 

Citizen. — It will give the town a great boom. 

(Whistle is heard off stage.) 

Surveyor. — That's it! That's the train coming into the 
station ! 

Small Boy (greatly excited) . — She's coming ! She's com- 
ing ! I'm going to see her in. 

(Enter Station Agent Bennett, with several citizens.) 

Manufacturer. — Here's Bennett now. Hear what he has 
to say. 

Bennett (taking off his cap and holding it in outstretched 
hand ceremoniously). — Ladies and Gentlemen, Citizens of 
North Bridgewater — The first train is about to arrive at Cen- 
tre Village depot! The Braintree and Fall River Branch of 
the Old Colony Road is now opened. 

Manufacturer — Three cheers I say! Three cheers for 
the new line ! (They are given with a will) . And three more 
for Station Agent Bennett ! 

(More cheers are given, with waving of hats and hand- 
kerchiefs. The whistle is heard again. The crowd starts to 
move off. The small boy runs on ahead, looking back to 
beckon eagerly.) 

Small Boy. — Come on, come on ! We all want to see her 
in! 



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Episode HI. Civil War. Seme Ih 

CIVIL WAR 
1861. 

Episode III. — Scene II. 

Dr. Hichborn : George P. Johnson. 
J. R. Perkins : William G. Rowe. 
Capt. L. Richmond : Philip D. Richmond. 
C. L. Sproul : George W. Alden. 
A. L. Harmon: T. F. Crawford. 
Spirit of War : Anna Cote. 
Volunteer: J. B. McFarland. 
Citizen : W. G. Smith. 
Galen Edson: Leroy B. Perkins. 
Volunteer: William K. Carroll. 
Volunteer: Rosse Burrill. 
W. J. Martland: Mace Gay. 
North Bridgewater Brass Band, members of Com- 
pany F, Light Dragoons, citizens of the 
town, mothers and children. 

In Charge of Douglas Employes Relief Association. 
William F. Brady, Leader. 

North Bridgewater's response at the outbreak of the Civil War 
is indicative of the spirit of patriotism which has ever been manifest in 
the citizens of the town. The first call for troops came in April, 1861, 
following the attack upon Fort Sumpter. At a patriotic meeting held 
in the New Jerusalem Church, more than 100 men volunteered for 
service. These men formed the larger part of Company F, 12th Massa- 
chusetts Regiment, commanded by Col. Fletcher Webster, only son of 
the famous Marshfield statesman, Daniel Webster. He was killed in 
battle near Bull Run on July 30. The local Post 13 bears his name. 

The departure of the troops from the town on April 29, 1861, was 
the occasion of a great patriotic demonstration. The North Bridgewater 
Brass Band headed a procession of citizens who escorted the departing 
company to the railroad station and to Boston. This band, under Wil- 
liam J. Martland, was attached to the 12th Regiment, and is said to 
have become the favorite band of General Sherman. 

Captain Lucius Richmond, in command of the popular "Light Dra- 
goons" of the town, soon had his men enlisted, and their services offered 
to the nation. The offer was speedily accepted. The new company, 
known as Company I, First Regiment Massachusetts Cavalry, left the 
town in September, '61, and rendered notable service during the war. 
It is estimated that a total number of 700 men was furnished the nation 
by the town of North Bridgewater. There are 74 recorded deaths. The 

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Episode IIL Civil War. Scene II. 

rotunda and corridors of City Hall bear tablets and paintings commemo- 
rating the valor of these heroes. In Perkins Park a monument was 
erected in their honor in 1907. 

To the strains of martial music, Veterans of the G. A. R. 
take place upon the stage to witness the scene. 

Citizens of the town begin to gather. They represent 
many callings — farmers with hoes or hay rakes, town officers, 
laborers with dinner pails, children coming from school, 
women with market baskets. 

From an opposite direction appears a red figure, the flam- 
ing Spirit of War. She hurries forward, with sword drawn, 
apparently urging on a young man (Doctor — later Captain — 
Hichborn), who waves aloft a telegram. 

As the War Spirit approaches, the crowd shrinks back in 
fear. Mothers call their children close about them. Men raise 
a clenched fist as if to ward off the malign influence as it cir- 
culates among them. 

Dr. Hichborn (calling as he approaches). — A telegram! 
News from the Capital! The Rebels have fired upon Fort 
Sumpter ! 

(The people utter exclamations of alarm and dread.) 

President Lincoln has issued a call for troops ! 

Citizen Perkins. — And we will answer it ! North Bridge- 
water is always ready to do her duty! 

(The crowd cheers enthusiastically.) 

Woman's Voice. — Does it mean our boys must go? 

(Murmurs of dread from the women.) 

Hichborn. — Would you prevent them? 

Perkins. — It is to save the nation ! 

A Volunteer. — A glorious cause, boys ! Come on ! What 
do you say? 

(Alpheus Harmon steps forward.) 

Harmon. — You can't die but once, boys. I, for one, am 
ready to offer. 

(A burst of cheering greets this offer. Several young 
men step forward now. Among them are John S. Stoddard, 
Uriah Macoy and Charles L. Sproul.) 

Sproul. — We also are ready to go. 

(Galen Edson, James B. Sampson, Walter D. Packard, 
Hiram Copeland come forward.) 

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Episode HI. Civil War. Scene II. 

Edson. — Will you put us down also? 

(More cheering from the crowd. The women gather ad- 
miringly about the new recruits, pinning flowers to button- 
holes and evincing admiration for their courage and dread at 
the necessary parting. As the recruits begin to fall into line, 
music is heard in the distance. Shouts go up. "Our Band ! 
Billy Martland! The North Bridgewater Brass Band!" 
There are twenty men besides the leader. The band marches 
to the head of the line. Captain Lucius Richmond rides upon 
the scene accompanied by a number of the "North Bridgewater 
Light Dragoons." There is cheering as they salute and offer 
their services as escort to the departing "First Company of 
Volunteers." The citizens fall into line at the rear. There is 
much cheering, waving of hats, handkerchiefs and banners. 
As the band plays, the procession marches forward, all singing 
in a great chorus, "We're Coming, Father Abraham." 



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Episode III. Visit of Christine Nilsson Scene III. 

VISIT OF CHRISTINE NILSSON 

Episode III. — Scene III. 

Mllei Nilsson : Ellen Nelson. 
Vieuxtemps, violinist: Edward White. 
Signor Brignoli, tenor : Joseph Rodophele. 
Signor Verger, baritone : Wilfred Richard. 
Miss Cary, contralto : Nora A. Lagergren. 
Accompanist: Charles Phillips. 
Manager, Max Strakosch : Bruno Arrata. 
Pastor Lindeblad: Conrad B. Mansbach. 
Little Girl: Barbara Elizabeth Appleton. 
Swedish citizens, people of the audience. 

In charge of Lutheran Male Chorus. 
Emil Lagergren, Leader. 

Mile. Christine Nilsson, the famous Swedish singer, visited North 
Bridgewater November 13, 1870. She contributed her services and those 
of her concert company for the benefit of the Bethesda Lutheran Church 
at Campello. This is said to have been the first Swedish church built 
in New England. The concert was given in the Auditorium of the First 
Universalist Church, standing at that time on East Elm Street. The 
sum of $2,000 was realized from the concert. Mile. Nilsson sang her 
famous "Swedish Melodies" at the close of the program. In response 
to an encore, she sang "Old Folks at Home." Her sympathetic render- 
ing of this song moved many of her compatriots to tears. 

Vieuxtemps, the famous violin virtuoso and composer, was a mem- 
ber of her troupe. He played his exquisite "Reverie." In responding 
to an encore, his choice of "Yankee Doodle" is said to have somewhat 
shocked the more sensitive members of the audience. 

At the close of the concert, the prima donna was given a reception 
in the vestry of the church. Pastor Lindeblad addressed her in the 
Swedish tongue, expressing the gratitude of the people of his church for 
her generous efforts in their behalf. A Song of Praise, in which Mile. 
Nilsson joined in singing with her compatriots, ended the event. 

The scene represents the concert of November 13, 1870, 
and the reception which followed. Mile Nilsson sings "The 
Old Folks at Home" with her compatriots. Pastor Lindeblad 
congratulates her and expresses gratitude for his people. A 
little girl presents the prima donna with a bouquet. 



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Episode HI. Rechristening the Town. Scene IV. 

RECHRISTENING THE TOWN 

Episode HI. — Scene IV. 

Mr. B. O. Caldwell: Kenneth D. Hamilton. 
Mr. C. C. Bixby, Master of Ceremonies: 

James P. Keith. 
Mr. R. H. Kimball, Proposer of Toast : 

Ernest W. Stedman. 
H. W. Robinson, Merchant : F. A. Winship. 
A. T. Jones, Editor : Charles F. Winsor. 
Charles R. Ford, Selectman: 

G. Edgar Russell. 
Isaac Kingman, Selectman : 

William J. Loheed. 
Welcome H. Wales, Selectman : Elijah Keith. 
Male singers, citizens, Martland's Band. 

In charge of Walk Over Club. 
Mr. Philip Cote, Leader. 

The development of the shoe industry during and soon after the 
Civil War brought a rapid growth to the town. Many progressive citi- 
zens felt that the name of "North Bridgewater" was unsuitable for a 
town which bid fair, within the next few years, to become a large city. 
Appropriate names were sought far and near, and many curious ones 
proposed. Standish, Oriole, Pyrola and Amburg, were among early 
suggestions. The Legislature was petitioned to change the town's name 
to "Standish." No sooner had a favorable reply been received than a 
preference was expressed for the names of "Stanton" and "Amburg." 

Norwood, Allerton and Avon — the latter a favorite with many citi- 
zens — followed in succession. It remained for a well-known business 
man, Mr. Ira Copeland, to bring from a Canadian visit the name, which 
on account of its individuality and terseness, was most generally ap- 
proved — the name "Brockton." The advocates of the name of "Avon" 
were loath to surrender their choice. Rivalry between the two factions 
waxed strong. At length, the night before the voting day, a mammoth 
torchlight procession was arranged by the advocates of "Brockton." 
The procession is recorded as "one of the finest parades ever witnessed in 
our streets." 

The evening following, when the name "Brockton" had been chosen 
by a large majority vote, a banquet was held by prominent citizens — 
advocates of "Avon" and "Brockton" alike — at the "Washburn House," 
corner of School and Main streets. The house was rechristened "Brock- 
ton House." There was speechmaking by the shining lights of 
the town. A toast was proposed to the departed name "North 
Bridgewater." With the singing of "Auld Lang Syne" the 

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Episode III. Rechristening the Town. Scene IV, 

company broke up, "forgetting the momentary acerbities of the 
campaign, recalling the fact that their interests in the welfare of the 
town were identical, pledging their mutual assistance to build up and 
strengthen the prosperity of the place, and to give to whatever name it 
shall bear, a worthy character and an honorable reputation." 

The scene represents Main street, North Bridgewater, 
at the time of the famous torchlight procession, May 4, 1874, 
the evening before the final choice of a new name for the town 
was made. 

The procession enters to stirring music by the North 
Bridgewater Brass Band. Marshal Caldwell appears on horse- 
back. Many citizens follow. They carry torches, banners 
and transparencies. The inscriptions displayed indicate the 
varied preferences as to a choice of name. 

"Wouldn't 'Brockton Shoe* 
Sound good to you?" 

is one which arouses enthusiasm. "All for Allerton" is car- 
ried by another group. "We're for Standish," and "Why not 
Amburg?" are others. "Avon Is Our Choice" and "The Avon 
Reserves" meet popular approval. Each group is lustily 
cheered as it passes. There is a calvacade of horses. Wagons 
bring up the rear. The Town Fathers, in all the dignity of 
"tall hats," ride in a "barouche." 

With the passing of the procession a group of citizens as- 
semble, representing the gathering at the "Washburn House," 
the following night, for a banquet. The sign "Washburn 
House" is removed and "Brockton House" substituted. Cheers 
are given for the new name. A citizen proposes a toast to the 
departed name of "North Bridgewater." The band plays the 
opening bars of "Auld Lang Syne" and all sing heartily. 

Interlude — Vision of the Coming City. 

Again the Vision appears — this time more distinctly seen, 
and accompanied by the figures of Peace and Prosperity. She 
has begun to assume reality with the passing of years. The 
"builders of the town" have labored unceasingly. Their in- 
dustry is bringing reward in the expansion of the town. They 
now look forward to the coming city. 

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Episode IV. Our Poet, Bryant. Scene I. 



Episode IV. 



OUR POET, BRYANT 

William Cullen Bryant: John F. Scully. 
Fame: Lucille Bouldry. 
Poetry: Phyllis Fanning. 
Yellow Violet: Mildred Packard. 
Fringed Gentian: Gladys Roach. 
Love: James William Tonis. 
Folly : Richard Tonis. 

In Charge of the Bryant Memorial Association. 
Miss Susan M. Doane, Leader. 

The celebrated poet, "William Cullen Bryant, was of North Bridge- 
water parentage. Both his father, Dr. Peter Bryant, and his mother, 
Sarah Snell, were born in the old town. As a youth of twenty, the poet 
came in 1814 to reside for a year at the home of his grandparents 
on Belmont street, while pursuing law studies with a "well-instructed 
jurist," William Baylies of West Bridgewater. In 1815 he was ad- 
mitted to the bar. A year later, the North American Review published 
his poem, "Thanatopsis," which has been characterized as "the most 
remarkable poem ever written by a young man." A few years later 
he abandoned law for literature, meeting the success that is well known. 
Among the poems undoubtedly of North Bridgewater inspiration are 
the "Verses of the Yellow Violet." The dainty blossoms grew in pro- 
fusion near the old homestead. 

In August, 1874, the poet again visited his ancestral home. In a 
letter to a friend, he refers to "the house where my grandfather, Dr. 
Philip Bryant, lived, and the graveyard, where he and his wife, Silence, 
lie buried beside my great grandparents." The house stands west of 
the Brockton Fair Grounds, at 815 Belmont street, and today bears a 
Bryant tablet. The graveyard is nearly opposite the house. 

At the time of this, his last visit, the poet was in his eightieth year. 
He is described by one who saw him as "tall, straight and handsome, 
with majestic white beard, and sharp, shining eyes." 

The scene represents the poet, at the time of his last visit 
to Brockton, in August, 1874, at the age of eighty. 

He is accompanied by the symbolic figures of Fame, with 
a laurel wreath, Poetry, with a lyre, and three children of his 
Muse : "The Yellow Violet," "The Fringed Gentian" and "Love 
and Folly." 

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Episode IV. Our Poet, Bryant. Scene I. 



The Fringed Gentian: — 

"Then doth thy sweet and quiet eye 
Look through its fringes to the sky. 
Blue— blue— as if that sky let fall 
A flower from its cerulean wall." 

The Yellow Violet :— 

"When beechen buds begin to swell, 
And woods the blue-birds warble know, 
The yellow violet's modest bell 
Peeps from the last year's leaves below." 

Love and Folly: — 

"As once beneath the fragrant shade, 

***** * 

The children, Love and Folly, played." 



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Episode IV. The First Brockton Fair. Scene JL 

THE FIRST BROCKTON FAIR 

October 7, 8, 9, 1874. 

In charge of the Twentieth Century Catholic CTub. 
Miss Abigail Kinney, Leader. 

On October 7, 8 and 9, 1874, occurred the First Annual Exhibition 
of the Brockton Agricultural Society. To furnish capital, $8,960 of 
stock was sold in shares of $10 each. Successful from the first, the 
subsequent yearly exhibitions of the Society have contributed in an inv- 
measurable degree to the city's progress. 

In the "Gazette" account of the opening exhibition in 1874, we find 
that the "show of fowls" and the "department of neat stock" were par- 
ticularly commended. There was a tent instead of the present exhibi- 
tion hall ; the fancy articles displayed were described as "multifarious in 
pattern and design, often mysterious in their probable uses." 

A baseball match between the King Philips of Rockland and the 
Howard Club of Brockton was one of the field attractions. On the 
closing day, a "Fireman's Trial," as it was termed, brought twenty-five 
fire engines from towns as far distant as Danvers, Marlboro and 
Provincetown, for a contest of power. The Hancocks of the "West 
Shares," now Brockton Heights, won the first prize, and, in addition, 
were presented with a large broom, to indicate their sweeping victory. 
The gate receipts of $4,750 for the fair of 1874 compares interestingly 
with those of $157,567 in 1920. 

The gates of the first Brockton Fair are opened. People 
are arriving in large numbers. A medley of characteristic 
sounds is heard. Exhibitors are bringing pent-up fowl in 
hen-coops, pigs, heifers, all manner of animals. Farmers drive 
in with wagons filled with squashes. Women bring afghans 
of brilliant hue, quilts, fancy work of the period, baskets of 
pears and apples. Venders pass through the crowd hawking 
their wares. Balloons are popular with all. Popcorn is dis- 
played in open carts. "Sir William Wallace," well blanketed, 
is led past by a stable boy, being exercised between the "Free- 
for-All Class" races. The red shirts of the "Hancock" firemen 
give color to the scene. The engine is proudly displayed and 
the broom given to the company as a trophy of victory over 
twenty-five other contestants in the "Fireman's Trial" of the 
day. 

Members of the baseball nines, the "King Philips" from 
Rockland and the "Howards" from Brockton, are seen "pass- 
ing ball." A carryall drives in, bearing the placard, "Charter 
Member," filled to overflowing with children and guests of the 
family, "free admission" being one of the assured privileges of 
charter members. 

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Episode IV. Arrival of the City. Scene III. 

ARRIVAL OF THE CITY 
1881. 

Episode IV. — Scene III. 

Heralds: Richard Allen, Harold Ellis, 
George Franklin Jacobs, Kenneth Sampson. 
Bearer of City Charter : Mrs. H. B. Caswell. 
Industry: Mrs. H. C. Nichols. 
Faith: Mrs. W. E. Shaw. 
The City: Mrs. Roger Keith. 
Education: Mrs. Carlton Leach. 
Tolerance: Mrs. William Wells. 
Justice: Mrs. W. R. J. Marks. 
Peace: Mrs. Justin Keith. 
Thrift : Mrs. I. A. Rogers. 
Perseverance : Mrs. Henry Perkins. 
Charity : Mrs. C. F. Bachelder. 
Truth : Mrs. F. W. Wormelle. 
Prosperity : Mrs. Emory C. Wixon. 
Temperance: Mrs. Harris Fleming. 
Bearers of Seal : Mrs. Raymond Drake, 
Mrs. Warren Packard. 
Procession of the Arts : Opportunity Circle. 
Procession of the Industries: 

Joint Shoe Council. 

In charge of Woman's Club. 
Mrs. Ralph G. Swain, Leader. 

A dream of many years was realized, when, on April 9, 1881, the 
Act of Incorporation of the City of Brockton was passed by the Legisla- 
ture. The inaugural ceremonies took place in the "Opera House" in 
Bryant Block. Chairman H. H. Packard of the Board of Selectmen pre- 
sided. In presenting the Mayor-elect, Ziba C. Keith, he referred to him 
as "the first Mayor of the first city of Plymouth County." 

Governor Long brought the greetings of the State of Massachusetts 
in an address of congratulation and encouragement to the new city. 
"This is an event which, transforming your town into a city of 15,000 
inhabitants, with a valuation of nearly $7,000,000, marks the rapid 
growth and the centering of great manufacturing and business interests. 
Let us endeavor to be worthy of the Old Colony, worthy of our ancient 
Plymouth county, of the Commonwealth, of the old town, unsurpassed 
in the character of its people, — in the contributions it has made to every 
department of the intelligent progress of Massachusetts." 

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Episode IV. Arrival of the City. Scene III 

A fanfare of trumpets is heard in the distance. This is 
followed by the strains of a stately march. Four Heralds, an- 
nouncing the coming of the City, enter blowing golden trump- 
ets. The Bearer of the City Charter follows. Beneath a can- 
opy, upheld by four Civic Virtues : Faith, Tolerance, Industry 
and Education, comes the city. She is attended by eight 
other Civic Virtues: Justice, Peace, Perseverance, 
Thrift, Prosperity, Truth, Charity, Temperance. Bearers 
of the City Seal follow. The City takes her place upon the 
throne, surrounded by her attendants. The Heralds again 
sound their trumpets. Processions of the City's Arts and In- 
dustries enter. Among the Arts are : Music, Painting, Drama, 
Sculpture, Song, Dancing, Elocution, Poetry, Architecture, 
Engraving, Embroidery, and Photography. 

The industries include the manufactures of Shoes, Lasts, 
Boxes, Shoe Patterns, Shoe Tools, Machinery, Knives, Web- 
bing, Rands, Welts, Box Toes, Heels, Dies, Leather, Brooms, 
Blacking, Garments and Hardware. 

SONG OF THE CITY. 
Music by Edward Elgar. 

The City walks in queenly state, 

Rejoice, children free! 
Guard well her future, and the fate 

Of Civic majesty. 

Of Justice, may her sceptre be, 

Her jewel, golden Youth, 
Her royal robe, sweet Charity, 

Her diadem, fair Truth. 

Sing the City's glory! 

Unity, her shield. 
Visions of our fathers, 

In her power revealed. 

Onward still her progress, 

Fair be her renown, 
God who made men brothers, 

Star with Peace her crown! 

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Episode IV. Arbitration and Industrial Peace. Scene IV. 

ARBITRATION AND INDUSTRIAL PEACE 

Episode IV. — Scene IV. 

Discord : Daisy Driver. 
Arbitration: Marion Pope. 

In 1898, the Boot and Shoe Workers' Union offered to the employers in 
the shoe trade and their employes, a plan by which arbitration of induslrial 
disputes could be substituted for strikes and lockouts. It was no wonder 
that business men of vision and acumen, having in mind the experience of 
the previous decade and looking forward to the future in the marketing of 
the product through their own stores, realized the need of joining with em- 
ployees in the introducing of arbitration into the industrial life of Brockton. 
Within five years nearly all the shoe manufacturing concerns of the city 
adopted this plan and have since utilized its principles as a basis for regu- 
lating affairs with the employees. 

For more than a score of years, Brockton has practically eliminated the 
strike and lockout from its industrial life, established permanent relations 
between workman and employer and given to the world practical demon- 
strations of a program by which reason, instead of force, can decide the 
issues arising between labor and capital. -fa 

The City views from her dais the coming of her Arts and 
Industries. They arrive to stately music and take place either 
side her throne. The Industries are a united group. Peace 
and Justice stand near the City's dais, prominent among the 
Civic Virtues. 

There is a clash in the harmonious music. The figure of 
Discord, in yellow-green, appears. At her approach there is a 
movement of unrest among the group of Industries. Peace 
trembles as she advances menacingly toward her ; she raises a 
protesting hand. Discord continues her threats and Peace 
sadly steps down from her place and leaves the City. Discord 
whispers words of dissension into the ears of the Industries. 
The group separates into two factions — representing now 
Labor and Capital. The leaders appeal to the City. She bids 
Justice decide between them. Justice, balancing in her golden 
scales the arguments presented, announces that Arbitration 
alone can settle the grievances. Arbitration is summoned. 
She listens impartially to both leaders. Discord is driven 
away. Then, uniting the two factions into a solid group 
again, she summons Peace, who returns gladly to her place 
near the City's throne. 

\% From information furnished by Mr. John P. Meade. Deputy State Commissioner of Labor. 

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Interlude: ELECTRICITY'S TOUCH 

In 1883, the newly-incorporated city of Brockton was honored by a 
visit of a week from the "Wizard of Menlo Park" — Thomas A. Edison. 

The occasion of his stay was the opening on October 1 of the Edison 
Electric Lighting Station, and his interest in the workings of the first 
three-wire underground lighting system ever installed. Brockton may 
also claim the first theatre ever lighted from a central station, the first 
residence so lighted, and the first fire-engine house, the latter equipped 
to light all lamps at night and to liberate the horses with the striking of 
the alarm. 

This underground system was especially welcome in Brockton on 
account of the large and beautiful trees which at that time adorned the 
principal streets. 

For two years this was the show plant of the Edison company, many 
other cities coming here to observe, and later to adopt, the Brockton sys- 
tem of lighting. 

Spirit of Electricity. . . .Miss Alice Thibeault. 

The Spirit of Electricity appears before the City group. 
She carries a magic wand tipped with a mysterious power. 
As she dances, arrayed in dazzling blue, she raises aloft her 
wancl, and behold, its magic power sets myriads of stars 
a-twinkling, and the whole city is bathed in beautiful light. 

FINALE 

The dread War Spirit again appears, leading forward the 
soldiers of the National Guard and the American Legion. Her 
presence indicates the part the city took in the World War of 
1914-1918, when ninety-nine of the city's gallant sons made 
the supreme sacrifice. 

The city welcomes the later pilgrims. National groups 
salute the city. Among the nations represented are the Greek, 
Syrian, Lithuanian, Polish, Italian, Armenian, Portuguese, Al- 
banian, and Scandinavian. They carry the flags of their native 
country. As they join the city's province, they receive the 
American flag, thereby indicating their acceptance of American 
ideals, and the desire of the city to aid them in becoming 
worthy citizens. 

The strength of the fraternal element in the city's life is 
shown by the procession of members of fraternal orders, who 
now march upon the stage in great numbers. 

As the vast numbers fill the stage, the strains of the 
National Anthem are heard and audience and pageanters join 
in a grand chorus, voicing their unity of purpose in carrying 
forward the great ideals upon which Brockton was founded — 
freedom, national allegiance, and the brotherhood of man. 

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Cast of Characters 



Prologue: the Wilderness 

In charge of the Matron's Club 
Episode Leader: Mrs. William Cholerton 
Dancing Director: Mae McGee 
Nature: Mrs. J. F. Scully 

Spirits of the Plain 
Margaret Alexander 
Dorothy Beaton 
Lois Briggs 
Mabelle Cornell 
Mildred Holmes 
Marjorie Johnson 
Marion Shaw 
Audrey Sinclair 

Spirits of the Forest 
Helen Bassett 
Eleanor Butler 
Winifred Hamilton 
Betty Kendall 
Gladys Larner 
Mildred Manning 
Hazel Percy 
Ruth Ward 

Indian Braves 
George Leach Chapman 
Carl Swanson 

Water Spirits 
Mildred Alger 
Catherine Brown 
Ellen DeLory 
Edna Irving: 
Barbara Locke 
Dorothy Mahy 
Gladys Moore 
Phyllis Oliver 

EPISODE I — SCENE I 
Indian Encampment 

In charge of the Matronalias 
Episode Leader: Mrs. Charles Lawrence 
Meda, a Medicine Man: C. H. Chevigny 
Chief Ousamequin: David Jewell 
Scout: David Jewell, Jr. 
Tisquantum : Stephen Cote 
Calumet Bearer: John McCutcheon 
Braves : George Leach Chapman, Carl Swanson 



Hunters 
Gordon Caswell 
Fred French, Jr. 
Albert Gifford 
Wallace Hill 
Burrill Linehan 
Grover Perkins 
Herbert Taft 
John Towers 
Henry Weatherwax 

Members of Tribe 
Lloyd Bemis 
Robert Bostock 
Frank Grindle 
Perley Harriman 
Elwin Hodge 
Florence Blakeman 
Josephine Coleman 
Lillian Crist 
Eda Earle 
Harriet Eaton 
V>;ra Fulton 
Margaret Gray 
Cel'a W. Hammomd 
Edith Hayward 
Irene Hill 
Mrs. Wallace Hill 
Mrs. David Jewell 
Alice Keene 
Marion Keene 
Mildred Keene 
Frank Keene 
Allan H. Jacobs 
Donald McLeod 
Porter Packard 
Alice Linehan 
Catherine Linehan 
Alma McDonsl • 
Mabel McDonald 
Etta McMorrow 
Evelyn McMorrow 
Alice Perkins 
Alice Puffer 
Catherine Puffer 
Eleane R'chardson 
Barbara Richmond 
Mildred A. Smith 
Jean Stedman 
Eleanor Swift 
Edith Thomas 
Dorothy J. Whitney 
Gladys T. Whitney 
Mildred Willis 



EPISODE I— SCENE 2 
Purchase of the Land 

In charge of the Press Club 
Episode Leader: William G. Kilner 
Miles Standish : Charles C. Carr 
Constant Southworth : Harold C. Whitcomb 
Samuel Nash : Harry W. Norman 
Two Duxbury Men: William Price> Walter 

Watts 
First Settler: Fred Arnold 
Wife: Mrs. Elsie R. Clough 
Child: Pearl Blancbard 
Other Settlers: 
George M. Adams 
Harold D. Bent 
David Bowles 
Everett L. Emery 
Irving S. Fisher 
Koy E. Jennings 
Carl A. Loring 
J. W. MacPherson 
Harry W. Sails 
Emory C. Wixon 

EPISODE I— SCENE 3 

The First Settler and the New England 

Climate 

In charge of the South Parish Club 
Episode Leader: Alice Shurtleff 
Nature: Mrs. John F. Scully 

Spirits of the Forest 
Helen Bassett 
Eleanor Butler 
Winifred Hamilton 
Betty Kendall 
Gladys Larner 
Mildred Manning 
Hazel Percy 
Ruth Ward 

Winds 
North : Marie Cote 
South : Ida Horton 
East: Florence Davy 
West: E. Rubie Capen 

Winter 
Dorothy Bumpus 
Doris Fisher 
Marjorie Gove 
Adelaide King _ 
Doris Lane 
Frances Randall 
Grace Reilly 
Gunhild Wennergren 

Summer 
Ruth Bassett 
Dorothy Borroughs 
Amy Ellis 
Ida Fogge 
Marion L. Keith 
Beatrice O'Brien 
Rosamund Sinclair 
Barbara Willis 

Spring 
Catherine Bartlett 
Margaret Clough 
Doris Jones 
Beatrice Pierce 
Evelyn Meldrum 
Louise Perkins 
Leora Lutz 
Helen Woodard 

Autumn 
Adele Cunningham 
Barbara Dailey 
Harriet Folsom 
Rita Littlefield 
Christine McPherson 
Frances Miller 
Ellen Perkins 
Helen Rudden 



EPISODE H— SCENE I 
Church-Going 

In charge of the Porter and Colonial Clubs 
Episode Leaders : Mrs. B. D. Colwell, Mra. 

L. T. Briggs 
Song Leader: Grace James 
Rev. John Porter: Rev Warren Landers 
Mrs. Porter: Mrs. Edward Plummer 
Children : 
Eldon Briggs 
Harriet Chase 
Pauline Chase 
Barbara Drake 
Philip S. Holmes 
Alonzo Johnson 
Charles Tallon 
Ruth E. Vaughn 
Tithing-Man: Emory Wixon 
Man and Wife (Pillion Style): Budd D. 

Colwell, Madaleine Ellis 
Deacons 
Capt. Isaac Packard: Charles Barden 
Deacon Edson: Jesse Perkins 
Jonathan Cary: Eben Tilden 
Dr. Philip Bryant: Albert H. Gifford 
Capt. Barnabas Howard: Walter Lovejoy 
Isaacher Snell, Esq.: Allison Baldwin 
Josiah Perkins : Henry Perkins 
Jabez Field: Dwight Powell 
Abia Keith: Chandler D. Hall 
Henry Kingman: Edward Plummer 
Congregation 

Mrs. A. L. Beals 
Mrs. L. T. Briggs 
Adam Burnette 
Sallie Chase 
Elinor Cushman 
Dorothy Davidson 
Francis Drake 
Mrs. Francis Drake 
Mrs. Charles Dunham 
Mrs. Mace Gay 
Mrs. Chandler D. Hall 
Fred Holmes 
Mrs. Fred Holmes 
Mrs. R. P. Kelley 
Donald Lane 
Helen Lucey 
Roger Marshall 
Mrs. L. B. Packard 
Mrs. Dwight Powell 
Mrs. David Niles 
Mrs. Ida Short 
Mrs. Herbert Thomas 
Mrs. Eben Tilden 
Mrs. E. Upton 

EPISODE II— SCENE 2 
First Town Meeting 

In charge of the Rotary Club 
Episode Leader: Horace Richmond 
Caleb Howard, Justice of Peace : Edgar 

Howard 
Lemuel French, Freehold Inhabitant: Fred 

French 
Joseph Sylvester, Moderator: C. C. King 
Col. Edward Southworth Town Clerk and 

Treasurer : L E Chamberlain 
Abel Kingman, Selectman : Albert Barker 
Howard Carey, Selectman : George Cary 
Capt. Zechariah Gurney : George N. Gordon 
Benjamin Ames, Constable : Burton Stewart 
Eliphalet Kingman : Frank Kingman 
Rev. Daniel Huntington : M. A. Davis 
Storekeeper: Robert Fraser 
Doctor: George A. Thatcher 
Inn Keeper: George Priest 
Storekeeper : Paul Jones 
Lawyer : Bernard Saxton. 
Prominent Citizen: J. Frank Beal 



Doctor: H. A. Keith 

■Notary and Justice of Peace: Harold Keith 

Storekeeper: Harry H. Williams 

Farmers 
William G. Alien 
George E. Boiling 
William F. Daly 
Davis M. DeBard 
Raymond E. Drake 
Charles R. Felton 
Nahum Gillespie 
Samuel W. Goddard 
Everett S. Hail 
Henry G. Hatch 
Charles P. Holland 
Frank S. Howard 
Lester S. Howard 
Paul Jones 
Isaac Kibrick 
Fred B. Leonard 

Laborers 
W. B. Atwood 
B. W. Iris 
F. F. Johnson 
Michael D. Long 
Robert W. MacMillan 
Alfred W. Nelson 
Fred L. Packard 
Warren B. Packard 
A. Roger Perkins 
Frank L. Price 
Warren S. Shaw 
A. Loring Smith 
George W. Smith 
F. W. Sproul 
Henry C. Sylvester 
Frank A. Tonis 
Wilford H. Wallace 
Alfred H. Wilbur 
Micah Faxon: F. S. Faxon 

EPISODE II— SCENE 3 
Mather Jones' School 

In charge of the Grade Teachers' Club 
Episode Leader: Persis H. Maxson 
Mrs. Nathan Jones: Arlena F. Russell 

Pupils 
Evelyn Barry 
Sue A. Cousens 
Ruth W. Elliott 
Nellie W. Emery 
Gertrude Flaherty 
Minetta Goodell 
Katherine L. Flint 
Helen K. Howard 
Hattie L. Leonard 
Nellie MacArthur 
Emma Maguire 
Louise N. Marvel 
Bertha M. Ogden 
Helen P. Robbins 
Ellen C. Rooney 
Inez E. Smith 
Mary J. Southwick 
Edith L. Sullivan 
Jeanette Thibadeau 
Geneva M. Young 

EPISODE II— SCENE 4 
Quilting Bee 

In charge of the Ten Times One Club 
Episode Leader: Mrs. Sprague Baker 
Mistress Kingman: Mrs. Charles R. Storey 
Mr. Kingman : Charles R. Storey 
Fiddler: Laurence Shaw 

Guests 
Mrs. Clarence Baker, 2nd 
Mrs. Albert Bolster 
Marie Buchanan 
Mrs. A. T. Eldridge 



Mrs. C. 0. Emerson 
Mrs. Lloyd Emery 
Mrs. Fred F. Field 
Edith Folsom 
Mrs. Andrew Gibbs 
Blanche Holmes 
Mrs. Harry Howard 
Mrs. George Howland 
Mrs. Harold Lawson 
Mrs. Laurence Miller 
Mrs. Lewis Rye 
Mrs. Lawrence Shaw 
Mrs. Harold Swa ; n 
Mrs. Herbert Willis 
Clarence Baker, 2n£ 
Sprague S. Baker 
Arthur Bartlett 
Albert Bolster 
A. T. Eldridge 
Lloyd Emery 
Andrew Gibbs 
Billy Holmes 
Dudley Davidson 
Jack Davidson 
Philip Davidson 
George Howland 
Harold Lawson 
Lawrence Miller 
Lewis Rye 
Harold Swain 
William Wells 
Herbert Willis 
George Randall 
Stanley Randall 
Audrey Renaud 
Barbara Swain 

EPISODE III— SCENE 1 
Coming of Railroad 

In charge of the Maids and Matrons Club 
Episode Leader: Mrs. G. C. Keyes 
Shoe Manufacturer: Lester Packard 
An Old Lady: Mrs. Clinton W. Delano 
Postmaster Southwick: Chester Gilbert 
A Citizen : Leland Lownds 

Stage Driver Jabez Gould : F. Ernest Mackie 
A Surveyor: G. Ernest Speare 
Small Boy: Ralph Spear 
Station Agent Bennett: Norman Petrie 
Mrs. Alfred G. Barnfield 
Dorothy Bumham 
Mrs. Joseph Burnham 
Mrs. A. T. Ensor 
Mrs. H F Mohr 
Mrs. Lester Packard 
Catherine Riley 
Mrs. Everett Young 
A. G. Barnfield 
A. T. Ensor 
E. C. Jackson 
Henry F. Mohr 
Everett Young 
Phyllis Ensor 
Ernestine Jackson 
Aubrey Lynch 
Albert Tomkins 
Lester Packard, Jr. 

EPISODE III— SCENE 2 
Civil War 

In charge of the Douglas Employes' Relief 

Association 
Episode Leader: Wm. F. Brady 
J R. Perkins: W. G. Rowe 
Capt. L. Richmond: P. D. Richmond 
Dr. Hichborn: George Packard Johnson 
C. L. Sproul: G. W. Alden 
A. L. Harmon : T. F. Crawford 
Spirit of War: Anna Cote 
Volunteer: J. B. Macfarlane 
Citizen: W. G. Smith 



Galen Edson: Leroy B. Perkins 
Volunteer : William K. Carroll 
Volunteer : Rosse Burrill 
W. J. Martland : Mace Gay 
Woman : Evangeline Crawford 

Fletcher Webster Post No. 13, G. A. R. 
Com. Winfield S. Groton 
George Bartlett 
Stanborn Bourne 
Andrew Gibbs 
George Grant 
Oliver Hayes 
F. Holmes 
M. Holmes 
Albert Howland 
Adam Lemon t 
Edward Mottau 
Hugh Reilly 
Samuel Wade 

Women's Relief Corps 
Josie Carter: President 
Mrs. O. C. Blair 
Josie Bourne 
Lizzie Brett 
Nellie Cook 
Nettie Coolidge 
Margaret Crawford 
Evelyn Horton 
Jeanette Sherman 
Alice Stoddard 
Florence Swift 
Annie Tower 

Camp 17 R. B. Grover, Sons of Veterans 
J. B. McFarland: Captain 
Herbert Benton 
Thomas Crawford 
Earle Groten 
Harry Higgins 
Herbert Johnson 
George Lord 
Walter Moore 
John Ordway 
Frank Southworth 
Harold Thompson 

Daughters of Veterans 
Eva Crawford : President 
Hsttie Balcom 
Nellie Cook 
Clara Fitzgerald 
Effie Ford 
Mary Ford 
Annie McFarland 
Mary Norris 
L. Jennie Sampson 
Eva Smith 

W. J. Martland Band, 1861 — W. J. Mart- 
land Band, 1921 
W. J. Martland : Mace Gay Leader 
Amasa S. Glover: Frank Abbott 
Thaddeus M. Packard: Ernest Bouldry 
George E. Sturtevant : Louis Carroll 
Robert S. White: Wilson P. Crafts 
Lucius H. Packard : Walter H. Damon 
Henry C. Packard: J. F. Doherty 
Richard B. Atkinson: J. B. Edson 
William Dubois : Ralph Goodwin 
George A. Bates : John Hoban 
Samuel C. Perkins : Damon Hoyt 
Isaac C. Dunham: William Julius 
John B. Emmes : E. F. Manning 
Joseph Kennedy : W. T. Nickerson 
Fernando DeArgome : Waldo Packard 
Minot Thayer: Elmer C. Shaw 
Nathaniel Carver: Guy Smith 
John Calnan: Charles Sullivan 
James S. Bean : L. A. Wardwell 
Louis A. Beaumont: Karl* Wells 
Charles M. Capin: Ernest Wineburg 
Battery E — First Regiment Field Artillery 
Mass. National Guard, Brockton, Mass. 



Capt. Lawrence Kingman 
Carl H. Anderson 
Battiste Bonaparte 
Fred Chamberlain 
Edward A. Connell 
Francis J. Connell 
Andrew O. Cole 
Owen F. Conway 
Eugene F. Connolly 
George Edwards 
Richard Faxon 
Roger C. Fisher 
Eugene Gingras 
Francis Henneby 
Robert D. Keith 
Hiram M. Kimball 
Augustus L. Locketti 
Joseph W. Laverty 
Louis Lincoln 
Joseph W. Mannix 
James E. McCabe 
William C. McCabe 
Edward W. MeCebe 
William Mclntyre 
Harry M. Morse 
Clyde F. Moody 
Joseph Noonan 
l.ewis J. Rochman 
George R. WooH 

Douglas Employes* 
Margaret Adams 
Inez Alden 
Evelyn Anderson 
Mrs. Maud Bagnell 
Doris Beal 
Leona Brady 
Edith Brown 
Mrs. B. Burgess 
Esther G. Christiansen 
Hazel Conley 
Zee Coolidge 
Lucy Darney 
Gertrude Doherty 
Sadie Decoste 
Ruth Fagan 
Laura Elder 
Bertha Edwards 
Gladys Fay 
Charlotte Flanagan 
Ina Flanagan 
Lillian Green 
Mabel Green 
Gladys Hennessy 
Mabelle Higgins 
Marion F. Howard 
Gunhild Hjelmstedt 
Evelyn McCue 
Helen S. Matthews 
Etta Martin 
Mildred Lipper 
Grace Lingham 
Anna Labombard 
Madeline G. Kenney 
Rachel McDonald 
Tina MacDonald 
Esther Moberg 
Dorothy Monroe 
Margaret Murphy 
Lucy McSweeney 
Eva Nelson 
Ebba Nelson 
Elizabeth O'Brien 
Nellie Ogden 
Bertha N. Petkon 
Helen Quinn 
Volga Ryberg 
Bernadette Seney 
Regina Seney 
Martha Sharron 
Mildred Sheehan 
Mary A. Smith 
Hazel Spillane 
Marion Stewart 



Relief Association 



Ruth Sweenej 
Nellie Thornell 
Marion Tower 
Cecelia Welch 
Mabel Wells 
Ada Winchester 
William F. Bradley 
E. Blankinship 
T. Brides 
C. F. Burnham 
Ward Butts 
P. Bydwo 
William K. Carroll 
Arthur Cole 
George Cowing 
George Clement 
H. Dame 
M. Delorey 
H. Derosier 
J. Dorgan 
Carl Bngstrom 
Kenneth Erskine 
H. C. Forbush 
S. C. Gay 
Allen Griffin 
H. Gullbrants 
Dan Healey 
Harry W. Hill 
Charles M. Horton 
Herbert Hubbard 
P. E. Jackson 
Emil Johnson 
Lloyd L. Johnson 
Melvin Knight 
M. J. Lavelle 
J. Mack 
Gabriel Marrese 
William Marston 
G. H. Mather 
W. F. McBride 
A. MacDonald 
J. MacDonald 
Joseph McGeary 
J. F. McLean 
Christopher Moore 
Leon L. Nevins 
James P. O'Connell 
Emil Ohmert 
Patrick Peterson 
Wallace Peterson 
J. Petrucelli 
Leroy B. Perkins 
Ralph Reed 
Joseph Savage 
Gecrce Scheufele 
Joseph Severge 
W. G. Smith 
H. Stone 
J. J. Sullivan 
W. E. Sweeney 
John J. Toomey 
Roy Wass 
Marshall Wright 

EPISODE HI— SCENE 3 
Visit of Christine Nilsson 
In charge of Lutheran Male Chorus 
Episode Leader: Emil Lagergren 
Director of Music : Hjalmer Freberg 
Mile Nilsson: Ellen Nelson 
Vieuxtemps violinist: Edward White 
Signor Brignoli : Joseph Rodophele 
Gis*ior Verger: Wilfred Richard 
Miss Cary: Nora A. Lagergren 
Pastor Lindeblad : Conrad B. Mansbach 
Little Girl: Barbara Elizabeth Appleton 
Max Strakosch : Bruno Arratta 
Accompanist: Charles Phillips 

Male Chonus — Hjalmer Freberg Director 
First Tenors 
Adolph E. Anderson 



Albert Andersen 
Arthur Anderson 
William N. Anderson 
Bertel Lawson 
Byron Mansbach 
Frank Moberg 
George Swanson 

Second Tenors 
Arthur Hollertz 
Waldemar Jacobson 
Mallard Nelson 
Ragnar Paulson 
Oscar Pearson 
Carl G. Poison 
Walter Sondeen 

Baritones 
Axel M. Anderson 
Evald C. Anderson 
Carl Freberg 
Fred Hylen 
Vincent Hylen 
Carl Lawson 
Arthur Moberg 
Eldon Steele 

Basses 
Everett Burgess 
C. Fred Hillberg 
Carl N. Johnson 
Frank E. Johnson 
George Kullman 
Earl W. Mansbach 
Sander Olson 
Everett W. Nelson 

Herbert Otterberg 

Martin Otterberg 
Enar Peterson 

Chester T. Swansooi 

Audience 

Mrs. Alma Anderson 

Esther Anderson 

Margaret Anderson 

Hilden Cullunberg 

Mrs. Mamie Drowns 

Ruth Drowns 

Mrs. Oscar Enlund 

Irene Enlund 

Mrs. Ellen Freberg 

Mrs. Clara Freberg 

Mrs. Harry Gustafson 

Harry Gustafson 

Ruth Hillberg 

Arthur Hammerquist 

Alice Hillberg 

Mrs. Minnie Hillberg 

Mrs. Emma Hillberg 

Anna Johnson 

Mrs. Edith Johnson 

Evelyn Johnson 

Wahlberg Johnson 

Mrs. Annie Johnson 

Harry Johnson 

Roy Johnson 

Thea Johnson 

Jennie Kinberg 

Mildred Lindblom 

Nannie Lagerstrand 

Mr3. Florence Lindskog 

Mrs. Minnie Lofgren 

Ella Moberg 

Mrs. J. Lundin 

Mrs. Selma Moberg 

Ida Nelson 

Neale R. Nelson 

Otto Nelson 

Roy Nelson 

Mrs. S. Olson 

Mathilda Ostlund 

Ella Paulson 

Dora Patterson 

Mrs. Lillie Petterson 

Ranghild Poison 

Mrs. Ella Ryder 



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Mrs. Jennie Steele 
Ethel Steele 
Robert Tillgren 
Mrs. Eva Werner 
Mrs. Eba Wingren 

EPISODE III — SCENE 4 
Rechristening the Town 
In charge of the Walk Over Club 
Episode Leader: Mr. Philip Cote 
Song Leader: E. W. Stedman 
Mr. B. 0. Caldwell: Kenneth D. Hamilton 
Mr. C. C. Bixby, Master of Ceremonies : 

James P. Keith 
Mr. R. H. Kimball, Proposer of Toast: 

Ernest W. Stedman 
H. W. Robinson, Merchant: F. A. Winship 
A. T. Jones, Editor: Charles F. Winsor 
Charles R. Ford Selectman: G. Edgar 

Russell 
Isaac Kingman: William J. Loheed 
Welcome H. Wales, Selectman: Elijah Keith 

Townspeople 
Fred Aakre 
Alfred Albanese 

E. Albenault 
Edward Alger 
Charles Allen 
Agnes Anderson 
Charles Anderson 
Herman Anderson 
Milton Anderson 
Victor Anderson 
Axel Asker 
Clinton Atwood 
Lilly Backlund 
Vera Backlund 

F. Baker 
Otto Benson 
Henry Borden 
L. Brenner 
Frank Broudeun 
Earl Brown 
John Brown 
Thomas Brown 
H. Bruce 
James Burke 
John Butten 
Henri Castunguay 
W Campbell 

S. Castaia 
W. Cerce 
J. Chandler 
Jesse Chapman 
C. D. Chase 
F. Cirell 
M. Cleary 
W. Cleary 
Alton Cook 
Esther Cotter 
J. Creedon 
Euclid Croce 
R. Dalton 
George Dixon 
Charles Driscoll 
Mike Duggan 
Robert Edgrtn 
Mary Emily 
A. Ford 

Charles Fornasch 
H. T. Gaffney 
J. Garman 
W. B. Gerrick 
John Glenn 
Sylvia Goodwin 
Trma Goss 
Herman Gray 
Charles Grippen" 
Roy Harrington 
F. Hatek 
W. Hathaway 
Walter Healey 



Pat Heily 
Fred Hicks 
C. Hogan 
A. Holmberg 
Walfred Holmes 
William Holmes 
G. M. Howard 
C. Hultman 
Albert Joan 
Ethel Johnson 
John Johnson 
Stephen Johnson 
Charles Jones 
Emily Jordan 

E. M. Kenna 
T. Kepalos 
Charles Kizirian 
H. E. Knowles 
W. P. Lagerstedt 

F. Paussia 
Charles Pierce 
C. Peterson 
Mary Powers 
Robert D. Parker 
Patsy Pantano 
Guvard Peterson 
Walter Peterson 
E. LaDwran 

C. Law#y 
Joseph Lawson 
S. Lawson 
Pat Lyons 
John Levangie 
Charles MacDonald 
C. McCaffrey 
Mary MacDonald 
J. H. Manchester 
James Martin 
Charles Marvill 
O. Matteson 
E. Melberg 
Henry Messich 
A. L. Moors 
Frank Moran 
Nora Morris 
Walter Morse 
James Moynihan 
August Nelson 
Walter Newberg 
Nellie Nelson 
C. Ness 
Joe Nilson 
E. A. Nokes 
Mary Nunes 
C. Osborne 
Ralph Philbrick 
P. Precopli 
Charles Regnell 
P. R. Roach 
Dennis Ryan 
James Ryan 
G. Russell 
Fred Romaine 
John Salander 
G. A. Sastin 
H. L. Scribner 
J. Sereke 
G. W. Smith 
W. A. Smith 
Thomas Smith 
G. Sundeen 

E. Swans on 
George Stetson 
John Shields 
Lawrence Steele 
William Sheehy 
Thora Sundholm 
William Tighe 
John Therrien 
C. Therrien 

F. Therrien 
W. Tillson 
J. Totman 



S. W. Turner 
Elsie Warren 
E. B. Winslow 
J. Warthewutz 
C. Weirn 
Thomas Wait* 
B. White 

Margaret Williams 
Nellie Williams 
E. Willis 
Ralph Willis 

EPISODE IV— SCENE 1 
Our Poet, Bryant 

In charge of the Bryant Memorial Association 

Episode Leader: Susan M. Doane 

Wm. Cullen Bryant: John F. Scully 

Fame : Lucille Bouldry 

Poetry : Phyllis Fanning 

Yellow Violet: Mildred Packard 

Fringed Gentian : Gladys Roach 

Love: James William Tonis 

Folly: Richard Tonis 

EPISODE IV — SCENE 2 
First Brockton Fair 

In Charge of the Twentieth Century 
Catholic Club 
Episode Leader: Abigail Kinney 
Madeline Barry 
Delia Beautietti 
Margaret Boyle 
Loretta Burke 
Florence Carroll 
Rhea Chenevert 
Mrs. J. B. Conley 
Celia Conley 
Helen Conley 
Mary Conley 
Anna Crahan 
Anna Coane 
Helen Crognove 
Eugenie DeJardins 
Agnes Dowd 
Mary Frohan 
Pauline Dupre 
Annie Durant 
Mary Dwyer 
Madeline Farren 
Eva Finkelstein 
Mrs. Phillip Finn 
Alice Fitzpatrick 
Susie Fitzpatrick 
Grace Flood 
Margaret Gallagher 
Eloise Hammond 
Eleanor Holmes 
Marcea Joseph 
Ann Kendrigan 
Mae Kendrigan 
Madeline Kennedy 
Mildred Kennedy 
Florence Kenney 
Annie King 
Abigail Kinney 
Viola Langelier 
Dephin Lecouteau 
Helen Long 
Margaret Long 
Mrs. Thomas Maguire 
Edna Mooney 
Eleanor Mooney 
Margaret Monks 
Margaret O'Reilly 
Rose Pauze 
Mary Papineau 
Gertrude Regan 
Nellie Roan 
Katherine Rolland 
Margaret Rolland 
Abbie Russell 



Lillian Russell 

Mrs. Andrew Samuelson 

Edith Saxton 

Gladys Saxton 

Bernaditti Seney 

Anna Servello 

Katherine Sexton 

Eileen Sheehan 

Blanche Smith 

Mrs. John W. Sullivan 

Children 
Pearl Agnokis 
Grace Buckley 
Mildred Buckley 
Catherine Beagin 
Jean Beagin 
Margaret Bullock 
Bruce Campbell 
Joseph Foley 
Anna Gorman 
Louise Holmes 
Minerva Joseph 
Dorothy Randall 
Grace Rudden 
Annastie Wolens 

Knights of Columbus 
George Brady 
Lennon Brusseau 
John Clark 
Paul Conoteau 
John Creed 
Maurice Dalton 
Harold Favley 
John Favley 
John Feeley 
Russell Fox 
Henry Gaudette 
Francis Gill 
Murray Hanley 
Arthur Hendrick 
James Kedian 
Lee Kedian 
James Lamon 
Frank Laverty 
George Mather 
John McCarthy 
Benjamin McCaul 
James Mooney 
Fred Mullins 
Edward O'Brien 
William O'Connell 
John Reagon 
Arthur Sullivan 
William Sullivan 
Ellis Sharkey 

Hancock Company 
Charles Albough 
Albert Alden 
Edward Alden 
C. W. Alger 
Everett Alger 
F. E. Alden 
Harold Allen 
Harry Allen 
Lewis Andrews 
Walter A. Appleton 
Fels Arnold 
Elisha Badger 
Allison Baldwin 
Harry C. Barnes 
Albert Barrett 
W. R. Bartlett 
Robert Baxter 
Claus Benson 
Arthur Bowen 
John J. Bowen 
Fred Bridgewood 
Irving Briggs 
John Brennan 
David Brown 
Frederick Brown 



Guy Brown 

R. E. Brown 

William Brown 

George Brouthers 

Samuel Bud 

Harold Burbank 

Percy Burrell 

Herman Byrne 

L. C. Cadorath 

Arthur Campey ■ 

Morton Capen 

Fred Cardinal 

Barden Carlson 

John Carlson 

Kenneth Carr 

A. A. Caswell 

A. H. Caswell 

H. L. Cavanaugh 

J. B. Cemti 

H. L. Churchill 

Fred A. Clapp 

Harold Cobb 

Leroy Cobb 

Lowell Cobb 

Harold Cole 

Francis Coleman 

Edward Condon 

Eugene Connolly 

Charles Cooper 

M. S. Corayer 

James Corbett 

F. W. Corkum 

Leo Corkum 

Enoch Corson 

Harold Crocker 

M. F. Daley 

Eugene Doten 

Antoine DeCosta 

Alphonse Deslongchamj 

Albert Dimond 

A. L. Doten, Jr. 

Francis B. Doten 

Felix Durand 

P. F. Durand 

Harry Edwards 

L. W. Faxon 

Paul E. Field 

Henry B. Fish 

Irving Fisher 

Ernest Folger 

Daniel Ford 

Lewis Foye 

W. L. Foye 

Clarenae Friend 

Francis Goodrich 

Ralph Goodwin 

Joseph Gorman 

Howard Gott 

Peter Goulet 

Charles S. Grant 

Walter Gray 

Joseph Green 

Francis A. Hall 

Francis H. Hall 

Harry Hill 

H. W. Hall 

Irving Hall 

John L. Hansen 

George Harrison 

Preston Hartwell 

Lowell Hartwell 

Thomas Hartwell 

Alfred Haughton 

Arthur Heath 

Charles J. Helander 

Harry Howard 

Albert W. Howe 

Francis D. Howe 

Manuel Iotte 

Phillip Iotte 

Abner Jackson 

Emil Jackson 

Arthur Jenkins 



Russell Jenkins 
Thomas Johnson 
Walter Johnson 
Harry Jones 
Harry Junior 
Justin Keith 
Roy Kellerman 
George Kelley 
M. A. Kingman 
Orris Kinney 
George C. Knowles 
Nazaery Lemoine 
Louis Lenard 
A. H. Leonard 
Kenneth Leonard 
Vestor Leonard 
Josephus Letoureau 
John P. Lewis 
Leon Lewis 
Charles Lincoln 
George Lincoln 
Everett Linehan 
James Linehan 
John Livingston 
William Looney 
Harold Lothup 
Andrew Louzan 
Eugene Madan 
E. A. Mansfield 
William Marshall 
Edward McCarthy 
George McCauley 
W. D. McKay 
Harry Menzie 
Ingar Michalson 
William Miller 
Clarence Moore 
George Moore 
Walter Moore 
Lester Morey 
George Morse 
Robert Murray 
David Nason 
Ralnh Nason 
Walter Nason 
F. L. Nickerson 
W. J. Overing 
A. L. Packard 
C. H. Packard 
Edwin Packard 
Fred Packard 
Kenneth Packard 
Lester Packard 
P. H. Packard 
John D. Palin 
W. J. Phillips 
L. A. Porter 
Tony Postelli 
W. P. Prout 
Lawrence Rankin 
W. J. Rankin 
Lester Raymond 
Frank Reed 
L. E. Reynolds 
O. S. Reynolds 
Perley Reynolds 
Arthur Rhue 
Frank H. Rhue 
Arthur Robinson 
D E Robinson 
Neal Robinson 
John Rogers 
Frank Rolfe 
H. S. Rollins 
S. B. Sarty 
William Savage 
J. B. Schofield 
Ralph Senter 
Arthur Shaw 
George Silvia 
Cecil Simpson 
H. C. Simpson 
Russell Simpson 

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Stanley Simpson 
Edward Smith 
Richard Smith 
Robert Smith 
Fred Snell 
Edwin Snow 
H. H. A. Snow 
H. M. Snow 
Ira N. Snow 
Herbert Spaulding 

A. Deane Stebbins 

B. Stewart 

E. R. Stewart 
Stephen Stone 
Andrew Sturson 
James W. Sweany 
Roy L. Terrill 
Jerry Thomas 
Charles Thompson 
H. R. Tibbetts 
E. E. Tilton 
James Totman 
Fred B. Tower 
Edward Twomey 
Leon Wade 
James Wagner 
Paul Wagner 
H. J. Walker 
B. S. Walsh 
Harry White 
J. B. White 
William White 
George Whiting 
Bernard Wilber 
D. E. Wilber 
Robert Williams 
Charles Willis 
Everett Willis 
H. Elliott Willis 
J. Sumner Willis 
Stewart Willis 
Harold Willison 
Hubbard Willison 
W. S. Willison 
Charles A. Wilson 
Edward Winberg 
George S. Wood 
Allen Woodward 

EPISODE IV— Scene 3 

Arrival of the City 

In charge of Woman's Club 

Episode Leader: Mrs. R. G. Swain 

Four Heralds : Richard Allen, Harold Ellis, 
George Franklin Jacobs, Kenneth Samp- 
son 

Bearer of City Charter — Mrs. H. B. Caswell 

Industry: Mrs. H. C. Nichols 

The City: Mrs. Roger Keith 

Education : Mrs. Carlton Leach 

Justice: Mrs. W. J. R. Marks 

Thrift: Mrs. A. I. Rogers 

Charity: Mrs C. F. Bachelder 

Prosperity : Mrs. Emory C. Wixon 

Bearers of City Seal : Mrs. Raymond Drake, 
Mrs. Warren Packard 

Faith : Mrs. W. E. Shaw 

Tolerance: Mrs. William Welles 

Peace: Mrs. Justin Keith 

Perseverance: Mrs. Henry Perkins 

Truth: Mrs. F. W. Wormelle 

Temperance : Mrs. Harris Fleming 

Procession of Arts 

In charge of Opportunity Circle 
Mrs. Otis Brown: Leader 
Music : Golda Weimert 
Painting : Mildred Weimert 
Drama: Alice Abercrombie 
Sculpture : Mildred Abercrombie 
Song : Bertha Porter 
Elocution: Mildred Niles 



Dancing : Frances Flynn 
Engraving: Daisy Miller 
Photography : Grace Burbank 
Poetry : Ethie Stone 
Embroidery: Ethel Witherell 
Architecture : Helen Rollins 

EPISODE IV— SCENE 4 
Arbitration and Industrial Peace 

In charge of Joint Shoe Council 
Episode Leader: M. A. Caffrey 
Discord: Daisy Driver 
Arbitration: E. Marion Pope 
Peace: Mrs. Justin Keith 
Justice: Mrs. W. R. J. Marks 

Joint Shoe Council No. 1 
John L. Blynn 
Ernest Booth 
Peter Brouillard 
Michael A. Caffrey 
Charles Clark 
Richard Clifford 
Charles S. Cooke 
George Davis 
James Duffy 
Ovide Fortier 
Andrew J. Gaffney 
John Grant 
Daniel Harrington 
Warren M. Hatch 
Edward Holmes 
Albert F. Jocoy 
James H. Kelley 
John Kelliher 
Joseph Lacouture 
John Long 
Dennis E. McCarthy 
James B. McClaren 
John McMorrow 
Terrence P. McSweeney 
John P. Meade 
Michael E. Milan 
Frank Moriarty 
Patrick O'Byrne 
James O'Connell 
William A. Pring 
Morris Rosen 
Gilman Seeley 
Edward Signor 
Bernard F. Smith 
David F. Sullivan 
John Sullivan 
John J. Sullivan 
Harry A. Taylor 
E. M. Whittemore 
Theodore Wood 
Spirit of Electricity: Alice Thibeault 

FINALE 

Yankee Division Club 
Harold Bennett 
James Cavanaugh 
Edward D. Cleveland 
Percy Covert 
Forrest Cousins 
Arthur Fortier 
William L. Hallet, Secretary 
James W. Kedian 
Herbert Meurling 
Stephen Parker 
Earl Soule 

Robert Stephenson, President 
Alexander Stone 
Ernest Torrey 
Maurice Thompson 
Maj. James A. Frye Camp Ne. 20, United 

Spanish War Veterans 
Carl O. Winblad: Commander 
Walter N. Clisbee 
John Doramus 
Louis M. Foye 



John N. Fletcher 

Harry Gibbs 

Henry Gorman 

Harry M. Loud 

James A. Mandeville 

J. E. Sullivan 

Sabine B. Frye Auxiliary No. 24, United 

Spanish War Veterans 
Lillian Billington 
Florence Chamberlain 
Florence Doramus 
Maude Foye 
Etta Gibbs 
Marion Holmes 
Grace Keith 
Stella G. Morse 
Ellen Nillgon 
Eunice Snow 

Clan MacDonald No. 75, O. S. C. 
John Ballum 
George Bricknell 
Peter Brousseau 
R. W. Brown 
Andrew Deuchar 
Samuel Duff 
Edward Dwyer 
J. Keay 

Maurice O'Donnell 
Arthur Welch 

Yankee Division Club 
NATIONAL GROUPS 

Elizabeth Culver: Leader 
Albanian 
Group of Albanians 

Armenian 
J. Danelian 
Mrs. J. Danelian 
Leo Kovoolsian 
Hosanna Maligian 
Mrs. Hosanna Taslijian 
Mrs. Toeckmajian 
Mr. Toeckmajian 
Esther Tutalian 

French 
Mrs. A. J. Allaire 
A. J. Aliaire 
Pauline Dupre 
Louis Dupuis 
Ovid Fortier 
Han Gaudette 
Mrs. J. S. Phaneuf 
J. S. Phaneuf 
Mrs. Joseph Tougas 
Joseph Tougas 

Greek 
Greek Orthodox Community of Brockton 

Italian 
Chiislina Altieri 
Maria Pelaggi 
Concetta Russo 
Lena Uto 

Men from Italian Dramatic Club 

Lithuanian 
John Blazevicius 
John Debsas 
Izabele Dukstaite 
Marijona Jermalavicuite 
Florencia Kvavecuite 
Bronius Lukas 
Peter Norbutas 
George Samson 
Roze Svetkaite 
Albina Visciniute 

Syrian 
Mrs. Joseph Asack 
Joseph Asack 
Richard Asacher 
Dahar Esau 
Joseph N. Harb 



Mrs. Peter Hashin 
Peter Hashin 
Joseph Mareb 
Abdo Saba 
Polus Saba 

Danish Norwegian, Swedish 

Dora Aakre 

Fred Aakre 

Ida Aakre 

Carol Anderson 

Gena Anderson 

Ida Anderson 

Henry Berg 

Edward Blumgren 

Carol Broberg 

Lena Dalteist 

Leonard Ellison 

Christen Holt 

Bertha Johnson 

Margaret Lincje 

Hattie Lund 

Hilda Michelson 

Ingar Michelsen 

Anna Ness 
John A. Neff 
Marie Olson 
Ellen Osward 
Phillip Pearson 
Alice Swanson 
Alma Thornberg 
Helen Willen 

Polish *• 

Joseph Klimowicz 
Mieczyslaw Klimowicz 
Sophia Kozak 
Victoria Schmit 
Emil Shakycz 
Helena Zablocka 
Wladyslaw Zablocki 
Alexander Zablocki 
Leokadia Wolens 
Stanislawa Wysocka 

FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS 

Cascade Lodge, I. O of O. L. 
Daniel W. Craft: Leader 
Gertrude Blair 
Josephine Butler 
Eva Emery 
Marjorie Faunce 
Ethel Leonard 
Ethel Littlefield 
Carrie Manning 
Nellie Nelson 
Ida Richardson 
Lillian Thomas 

I. O. O. F. M. U. 
H. E. Allen 
Charles Anderson 
A. L. Benson 
P. S. MacLean 
J. MacMorrow 
T. H. Pyne 
A. F. Rhue 
A. Sweinimer 
M. Sweinimer 
C. H. Underdown 

I. O. O. L. M. U 
Harriet Dean 
Ella Hancock 
Myrtle Oddie 
Louise Peck 
Nettie Reynolds 
Bertha Sperry 
Margaret Stevenson 
Ella Veaney 
Elizabeth Whitman 
Mildred L. Woodward 

Knights of Sherwood Forest 
Martin J. Burke 
Roderick Donnell 



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Daniel J. Frawley 

William Hinds 

Frank J. Kelliher 

William H. Moriarty 

Paul M. Perrior 

James P. Sullivan 

Louis Varney 

Joseph Ward 

La Societe des Artisans Canadiens Francais 

Pierre Dedard 
Edward Belineau 
Camille Coutier 
Gelas Deslauriers 
Arthur Desormier 
Evangeliste Lacouture 
Louis Leveque 
Alfred Oullette 
Charles Poitras 
Frank X. Trinque 

L'Union St. Jean Baptiste of America 
Conseil 15 
Benjamin Allaire 
Zenon Benoit 
Dolor Cormier 
Joseph Gelinas 
Amedee Labelle 

Conseil 278 
Mrs. Clairmont 
Rose Mamel 
Angie Nouillette 
Cora Vacher 
Corinne Vigneron 

Knights of Pythias 
Henry Allen 
Ralph Burrill 
Eric G. Eke 
Harold Elliott 
Leon Gold 
Peter Hagan 
Edward Lawrence 
Dennis Lewis 
Howard Leonard 
Axel Oberg 

Enterprise Lodge No. 18, K. of P. 

James Black 
John W. Brown 
Joseph Brown 
Hillery Gales 
Alexander Hargrove 
Henry McClendon 
Thomas Reid 
George W. Sadler 
Isaiah Scott 
A. B. Torrence 

Masonic Order 
Donald Atwood 
Calvin R. Barrett 
Irving L. Bumpus 
Duncan W. Edes 
Henry F. Hobart 
John N. Howard 
Herbert J. Pratt 
W. Everett Shaw 
George W. Smith 
Robert Smith 

Massapoag Tribe No. Ill, Improved Order 
of Red Men 

Sumner B. Churchill 
Fred Gruber 
Eddy D. Hitchings 
Oliver Nash 
G. Fred Nelson 
J. A. Sherman 
Edward Simmons 
George Stetson 
Walter B. Stetson 
Arthur K. Thomas 



REBEKAH LODGES 

Ellen Lee Lodge 
Julia Foster 
Olive Howes 
May Kellerman 

Beatrice Lodge 
Mabel Beedam 
Christabel Otis 
Helen Spinney 

Independent Lodge 
Ida Dunn 
Nellie Small 

Peerless Lodge 
Ruby Truesdale 
Grace Willis 

PYTHIAN SISTERS 
Dione Temple 
Mrs. A. M. Burnley 
Mrs. Bertha Irving 
Mrs. Vera Nash 
Mrs. Eva I. Ward 

Montello Temple 
Mrs. Hattie Alger 
Mrs. May Allen 
Mrs. Elsie Marine 

J. A. Hill Temple 
Mrs. Marian Madeau 
Mrs. Emma Main 
Mrs. Annie Thompson 

Order of Owls 
H. Cormier 
E. Doherty 
O. Heglan 
G. Keen 
W. Kelley 
W. Madan 
D. McCarthy 
L. Nash 
M. O'Donnell 
W. Reardon 

Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters 

St. Thomas Court, No. 29 
Owen F. Canary 
Jerry Crowley 
William G. McGlinchy 
Thomas O'Connell 
Thomas Walsh 

Brockton Court No. 82 
Michael E. Milan 
John Spillane 

Fr. McNulty Court No. 179 
Dennis Coffey 
John Murphy 

Dr. McQueeney Court No. 215 
Fred F. Whalen 

Ancient Order of Hibernians 
Allie Creedon 
Chris F. Corcoran 
Stephen T. Duggan 
John C. Grady 
M:chael Hallinan 
Michael Hyland 
Phillip McCaul 
Charles B. O'Neil 
Darwood Sheehan 
J. Russell Sullivan 



Ladies' Auxiliary, A. O. 
Annie Griffin 
Mrs. Margaret Hallisey 
Alice Kelliher 
Marie Kelliher 
Agnes Lee 
Grace McKeever 
Sadie McKeever 



H. 



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Mary Moynihan 

Nellie O'Brien 

Mrs. Lillian M. Smith 

G. U. O. O. P. 
W. H. Allen 
George Gabriel 
Andren Gale 
R. Hargrove 
H. S. Johnson 
Edward Johnson 
James Jones 
J. E. Kersey 
E. J. Manning 
J. M. Smith 
J. A. Young 

Lady Somerset Lodge of Daughters of St. 

George 
Elizabeth Bird 
Martha Bird 
Rose Brown 
Mrs. Alice Clapstick 
Mrs. Annie Crawford 
Lillian Decoste 
Mrs. Ada Grant 
Mrs. Gertrude Lambert 
Mrs. Nellie Mann 
Mrs. Emma Rubbra 

Household of Ruth No. 1351 — Grand United 

Order of Odd Fellows 
Mollie J. Bullock 
Bessie Daniels 
Iva Hargrove 
Matilda Howell 
Lillian W. Jackson 
Lelia Kersey 



Lena Manning 
Annie Mitchell 
Cornelia Rawlins 
Mary Turner 

N. E. O. P. 
Mayflower Lodge 
Mrs. Esther L. Jenison 
Newel L. Drake 

Banner Lodge 
Aubrey Stewart 
Mrs. Edith Whiting 

Fonemah Lodge 
John Paul 
Mrs. Lina Paul 

Fidelity Lodge 
Henry Davis 
Mrs. Eva Griggs 

Tucawanda Lodge 
Joseph Trainor 
Mrs. Sadie Unes 

Court General Lawton, F. of A. 
William Batson 
Theophil Chassey 
James Hogan 
John H. Ray 
Fred C. Stone 

Court Crescent, Foresters of America 
Alfred MacDonald 
Tony Panazzo 
Daniel Grey 
Harry Ellis 
Frank Duncan 




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